Uruguaysuchus

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Uruguaysuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian–Maastrichtian
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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
Synonyms
  • Uruguaysuchus terraiRusconi, 1933 [1]

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]

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References

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  3. The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
  4. Dinosaur Eggs and Babies by Kenneth Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, and John R. Horner
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