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Llanosuchus

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Llanosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–70.6 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Notosuchia
Genus: Llanosuchus
Fiorelli et al., 2016
Species:
L. tamaensis
Binomial name
Llanosuchus tamaensis
Fiorelli et al., 2016

Llanosuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian mesoeucrocodylian known from the Late Cretaceous Los Llanos Formation in Argentina. It contains a single species, L. tamaensis.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "†Llanosuchus Fiorelli et al. 2016". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Fiorelli, Lucas E.; Leardi, Juan M.; Hechenleitner, E. Martín; Pol, Diego; Basilici, Giorgio & Grellet-Tinner, Gerald (2016-05-01). "A new Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the western margin of Gondwana (La Rioja Province, Argentina)". Cretaceous Research. 60: 194–209. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.003. hdl:11336/43823.