Shamosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Shamosaurus.
Shamosuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) period in what is now the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia, approximately 75 million to 71 million years ago.
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Shamosuchus | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Family: | †Paralligatoridae |
Genus: | †Shamosuchus Mook, 1924 |
Type species | |
†Shamosuchus djadochtaensis Mook, 1924 |
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