Tropidosuchus
| Tropidosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Tropidosuchus Arcucci, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| †Tropidosuchus romeri Arcucci, 1990
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Tropidosuchus is an extinct genus of carnivorous archosauriforms from the Middle Triassic period (Anisian to Ladinian stage). It is a proterochampsid which lived in what is now Argentina. It is known from the holotype PVL 4601, which consists of partial skeleton. It was found in the Chañares Formation and its type locality is the . It was first named by A. B. Arcucci in 1990 and the type species is Tropidosuchus romeri.[1]
References[]
- ^ A. B. Arcucci (1990). "Un nuevo Proterochampsidae (Reptilia―Archosauriformes) de la fauna local de los Chañares (Triasico medio), La Rioja, Argentina (A new Proterochampsid (Reptilia-Archosauriformes) from the local fauna of Los. Chañares, middle Triassic of La Rioja, Argentine)". Ameghiniana. 27 (3–4): 365–378.
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Categories:
- Proterochampsians
- Ladinian genera
- Middle Triassic reptiles of South America
- Triassic Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Chañares Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1990
- Prehistoric reptile genera
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