Biology:Gualosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rhadinosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Gualosuchus Romer 1971 |
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| †Gualosuchus reigi Romer 1971
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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 length is 40 cm long making it quite a large proterochampsids. Gualosuchus also said to have a more robust humerus and tibia compared to other proterochampsids.[2]
References
- ↑ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora 379: 1–22. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4306635#page/495/mode/1up.
- ↑ Trotteyn, Maria Jimena; Arcucc, Andrea; Raugust, Tiago (2013). "Proterochampsia: An endemic archosauriform clade from South America" (in en). Geological Society London Special Publications 379 (1): 379(1): 59-90. doi:10.1144/sp379.23. Bibcode: 2013GSLSP.379...59T.
Wikidata ☰ Q16944835 entry
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