Gondwanasuchus

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Gondwanasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Notosuchia
Clade: Sebecosuchia
Family: Baurusuchidae
Subfamily: Pissarrachampsinae
Genus: Gondwanasuchus
Marinho, Iori, Carvalho & Vasconcelos, 2013
Type species
Gondwanasuchus scabrosus
Marinho et al., 2013

Gondwanasuchus is an extinct genus of baurusuchid crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species is Gondwanasuchus scabrosus. [1] It was recently concluded to be a juvenile specimen of a bigger Baurusuchid species, and therefore a nomen dubium [2]

References

  1. Marinho, T. D. S.; Iori, F. V.; Carvalho, I. D. S.; De Vasconcellos, F. M. (2013). "Gondwanasuchus scabrosus gen. et sp. nov., a new terrestrial predatory crocodyliform (Mesoeucrocodylia: Baurusuchidae) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Basin of Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 44: 104–111. Bibcode:2013CrRes..44..104M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.03.010.
  2. dos Santos, Daniel Martins; de Carvalho, Joyce Celerino; de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Maia; de Andrade, Marco Brandalise; Santucci, Rodrigo Miloni (2025). "Cranial and postcranial anatomy of a juvenile baurusuchid (Notosuchia, Crocodylomorpha) and the taxonomical implications of ontogeny" . The Anatomical Record. 308 (6): 1707–1752. doi:10.1002/ar.25419. ISSN   1932-8494.