Ayllusuchus

Ayllusuchus; Temporal range: Early-Late Eocene (Casamayoran); ~48 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	† Notosuchia
Clade:	† Sebecosuchia
Clade:	† Sebecia
Family:	† Sebecidae
Genus:	† Ayllusuchus ; Gasparini, 1984
Species
	A. fernandeziGasparini, 1984 (type);

Last updated August 04, 2025

Ayllusuchus is an extinct genus of medium-sized sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina (Eocene age, Casamayoran).^[1]^[2]^[3]. It possesed a relatively long and low snout

References

↑ Ayllusuchus at Fossilworks.org
↑ Turner, Alan H.; Calvo, Jorge O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2.
↑ Paolillo, Alfredo; Linares, Omar J. (2007). "Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)". Paleobiologia Neotropical. 3: 1–25.

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[FWAyllusuchus-1] Ayllusuchus at Fossilworks.org

[2] Turner, Alan H.; Calvo, Jorge O. (2005). "A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 25 (1): 87–98. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2.

[3] Paolillo, Alfredo; Linares, Omar J. (2007). "Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia)". Paleobiologia Neotropical. 3: 1–25.

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