Siquisiquesuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siquisiquesuchus (meaning "Siquisique crocodile" after the town in Lara, Venezuela, near where the first described specimens were found) is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodilian. It is known from cranial remains and a few postcranial bones found in Miocene-age rocks of the Castillo Formation in northwestern Venezuela.
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Siquisiquesuchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Gavialidae |
Subfamily: | †Gryposuchinae |
Genus: | †Siquisiquesuchus Brochu & Rincón 2004 |
Type species | |
†Siquisiquesuchus venezuelensis |
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