Biology:Uruguaysuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae |
| Genus: | †Uruguaysuchus Rusconi, 1933 |
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| †Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi, 1933
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Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorphs from the Late Cretaceous Guichón Formation of Uruguay.[2][3][4] It was related to Simosuchus and Malawisuchus.[5] It was of small to moderate size reaching an estimated length of 120 centimetres (3.9 ft).[6]
References
- ↑ Fossilworks taxon 192418
- ↑ A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
- ↑ The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
- ↑ Dinosaur Eggs and Babies by Kenneth Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner
- ↑ Turner, Alan H. (2004). "Crocodyliform biogeography during the Cretaceous: evidence of Gondwanan vicariance from biogeographical analysis". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271 (1552): 2003–2009. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2840. PMID 15451689.
- ↑ Li, Jinling (1985), A revision of Edentosuchus tienshanensis young from the Tugulu Group of Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
Wikidata ☰ Q1012869 entry
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