Itasuchus
| Itasuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Trematochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Itasuchus Price, 1955 |
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| †Itasuchus jesuinoi Price, 1955
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Itasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.[1] Fossils of the type species I. jesuinoi, first described in 1955 by Llewellyn Ivor Price, have been found from the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian age) in Uberaba, Brazil.[1]
It is known from a 370 mm skull, suggesting a total length of about 3 m (10 ft).[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Price, L. I. (1955). "Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Bauru. Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 27: 487–498.
- ^ http://paleopedia.free.fr/croco_metasuchia.html#Itasuchus Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
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- Terrestrial crocodylomorphs
- Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America
- Maastrichtian life
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Marília Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1955
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs