Acresuchus
Genus of extinct caiman from the Late Miocene / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acresuchus ("Acre crocodile") is an extinct monospecific genus of medium-sized caiman from the Late Miocene of western Brazil and Venezuela. The genus contains a single species, Acresuchus pachytemporalis. Acresuchus is a close relative of the giant caiman Purussaurus.
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Acresuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
Clade: | Jacarea |
Genus: | †Acresuchus Souza-Filho et al., 2018 |
Type species | |
†Acresuchus pachytemporalis Souza-Filho et al., 2018 |
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