Necrosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Necrosuchus is an extinct genus of caiman from modern day Argentina that lived during the Paleocene epoch (Selandian age, about 60 million years ago). It inhabited the fluvio-lacustrine environment of the Patagonian Salamanca Formation.[3][4]
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Necrosuchus | |
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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: | †Necrosuchus Simpson, 1937[2] |
Type species | |
†Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 |
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