Hemiprotosuchus
Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali.[1]
Hemiprotosuchus Temporal range: Norian ~ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Family: | †Protosuchidae |
Genus: | †Hemiprotosuchus Bonaparte 1969 |
Type species | |
†Hemiprotosuchus leali Bonaparte, 1969 |
References
- Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina". Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.
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