Sikannisuchus

Sikannisuchus; Temporal range: Upper Triassic, Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Genus:	†Sikannisuchus; Nicholls, Brinkman & Wu, 1998
Species
	†S. huskyi Nicholls, Brinkman & Wu, 1998 (type);

Sikannisuchus is an extinct genus of large archosaur from upper Triassic (Norian stage) deposits of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is known from the holotype, TMP 94.382.3, a posterior portion of skull roof and from other fragmentary remains. It was found from four localities of the Pardonet Formation, near the community of . It was first named by Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Donald B. Brinkman, and Xiao-Chun Wu in 1998 and the type species is Sikannisuchus huskyi.^[1]

References[]

^ Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Donald B. Brinkman, and Xiao-Chun Wu (1998). "A new archosaur from the Upper Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 35 (10): 1134–1142. Bibcode:1998CaJES..35.1134N. doi:10.1139/e98-065.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[Sikannisuchus-1] Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Donald B. Brinkman, and Xiao-Chun Wu (1998). "A new archosaur from the Upper Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 35 (10): 1134–1142. Bibcode:1998CaJES..35.1134N. doi:10.1139/e98-065.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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