Microsuchus
| Microsuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Goniopholididae |
| Genus: | †Microsuchus de Saez, 1928 |
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Microsuchus is an extinct genus of mesoeucrocodylian.[1] Fossils have been found that date back to the Late Cretaceous.[2]
Classification
Originally classified as a goniopholidid on the basis of the platycoelus vertebral centra,[3] Microsuchus was recently redescribed and recovered as either a neosuchian or notosuchian. Diagnostic features include the presence of a bulge lateral to the prezygapophyses of the second sacral vertebra, elongated posterior zeugopodia, and proximal caudal centra with a triangular cross section.[4]
References
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- Microsuchus in the Paleobiology Database
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- ↑ M. D. d. Saez. 1928. Un nuevo goniofolido Argentino. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, Buenos Aires 105:287-290
- ↑ Juan Martín Leardi, Lucas E. Fiorelli & Zulma Gasparini (2015) [2014] Redescription and reevaluation of the taxonomical status of Microsuchus schilleri (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 52(A): 153–166 DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.007 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667114001712
