Biology:Hemiprotosuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Hemiprotosuchus
Temporal range: Norian
~221.5–205.6 Ma
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Archosauria/Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Protosuchidae
Genus: Hemiprotosuchus
Bonaparte 1969
Type species
Hemiprotosuchus leali
Bonaparte, 1969

Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina , South America. It was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali.[1]

References

  1. Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina". Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3936042 entry