Gualosuchus
Gualosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
Subfamily: | †Rhadinosuchinae |
Genus: | †Gualosuchus Romer 1971 |
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†Gualosuchus reigi Romer 1971
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Gualosuchus is an extinct genus of proterochampsian archosauriform from the Middle Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina. The type and only species is Gualosuchus reigi, named by paleontologist Alfred Romer in 1971.[1]
References[]
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora. 379: 1–22.
Categories:
- Proterochampsians
- Middle Triassic reptiles of South America
- Triassic Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Chañares Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1971
- Taxa named by Alfred Romer
- Prehistoric reptile genera
- Triassic reptile stubs