Biology:Symptosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Symptosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Goniopholididae |
| Genus: | †Symptosuchus Ameghino, 1899 |
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| †Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino, 1899
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Symptosuchus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. It is known from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina .[1] Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino named the genus in 1899, along with the type species S. contortidens.[2] It was formally described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Répartition géographique des fossiles de "Crocodiles"". Paleopedia. http://paleopedia.free.fr/crocodile_fossile_repartition_geographique.html. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ↑ Ameghino, F. (1899). Sinopsis geologico-paleontologica de la Argentina: Suplemento. La Plata: Adiciones y correcciones. pp. 13.
- ↑ Rusconi, C. (1934). "Posicion estratigrafica y relaciones zoologicas de los cocodrilianos Argentinos extinguidos". Bol. Pal. Buenos Aires 4: 7–12.
- ↑ Camp, C.I (1942). Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938. Geological Society of America Special Papers. 42. pp. 668.
Wikidata ☰ Q7661907 entry
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