Pachycheilosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pachycheilosuchus (meaning "thick lipped crocodile") is an extinct genus of neosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Texas, United States. Previously known, in part, as the "Glen Rose form", this crocodylomorph is notable for its procoelous vertebrae, otherwise found only in derived eusuchian crocodilians (the vertebrae articulate with a cup on the anterior surface and a rounded posterior surface), a thick margin on the maxillae (the main tooth-bearing bones of the upper jaw; thus "thick lipped crocodile"), and a shield of armor on the neck formed by the fusion of six individual scutes.
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Pachycheilosuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Clade: | Eusuchia |
Family: | †Hylaeochampsidae |
Genus: | †Pachycheilosuchus Rogers, 2003 |
Type species | |
†Pachycheilosuchus trinquei Rogers, 2003 |
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