Sikannisuchus
Sikannisuchus Temporal range: Upper Triassic,
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Genus: | †Sikannisuchus Nicholls, Brinkman & Wu, 1998 |
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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)
Categories:
- Prehistoric reptile genera
- Late Triassic archosaurs of North America
- Middle Triassic archosaurs
- Fossil taxa described in 1998
- Triassic reptile stubs