Gualosuchus
Gualosuchus is an extinct genus of proterochampsian archosauriform from the Middle Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina. The type and only species is Gualosuchus reigi, named by paleontologist Alfred Romer in 1971. [1] Its skull lenght is 40 cm long making it quite a large proterochampsids. Gualosuchus also said to have a more robust humerus and tibia compare to other proterochampsids. [2]
| Gualosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic ~ | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rhadinosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Gualosuchus Romer 1971 |
| Type species | |
| †Gualosuchus reigi Romer 1971 | |
Reconstruction of Gualosuchus reigi
References
- Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora. 379: 1–22.
- Trotteyn, Maria Jimena; Arcucc, Andrea; Raugust, Tiago (2013). "Proterochampsia: An endemic archosauriform clade from South America". chooser.crossref.org. Geological Society London Special Publications. p. 379(1): 59-90. doi:10.1144/sp379.23. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
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