Barinasuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barinasuchus (meaning "Barinas crocodile," in reference to where the type material was found) is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Its fossils have been found in middle Eocene-age rocks of the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina, middle Miocene-age rocks of the Ipururo Formation of Peru, and middle Miocene-age rocks of the Parángula Formation of Venezuela.[1]
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Barinasuchus | |
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Holotype fossil of Barinasuchus arveloi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | †Notosuchia |
Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
Clade: | †Sebecia |
Family: | †Sebecidae |
Genus: | †Barinasuchus Paolillo and Linares, 2007 |
Type species | |
†Barinasuchus arveloi Paolillo and Linares, 2007 |
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