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Gondwanasuchus

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Gondwanasuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Notosuchia
Clade: Sebecosuchia
Family: Baurusuchidae
Subfamily: Pissarrachampsinae
Genus: Gondwanasuchus
Marinho, Iori, Carvalho & Vasconcelos, 2013
Type species
Gondwanasuchus scabrosus
Marinho et al., 2013

Gondwanasuchus is an extinct genus of baurusuchid crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species is Gondwanasuchus scabrosus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Marinho, T. D. S.; Iori, F. V.; Carvalho, I. D. S.; De Vasconcellos, F. M. (2013). "Gondwanasuchus scabrosus gen. et sp. nov., a new terrestrial predatory crocodyliform (Mesoeucrocodylia: Baurusuchidae) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Basin of Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 44: 104–111. Bibcode:2013CrRes..44..104M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.03.010.