Uruguaysuchus Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | † Notosuchia |
Family: | † Uruguaysuchidae |
Genus: | †
Uruguaysuchus Rusconi, 1933 |
Type species | |
†Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi, 1933
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Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms 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]
Uruguaysuchus Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | † Notosuchia |
Family: | † Uruguaysuchidae |
Genus: | †
Uruguaysuchus Rusconi, 1933 |
Type species | |
†Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi, 1933
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Synonyms | |
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Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms 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]