Kinesuchus

Extinct genus of reptiles

Kinesuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Santonian
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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
Clade: Sebecia
Family: Peirosauridae
Genus: Kinesuchus
Fillipi et al., 2018
Type species
Kinesuchus overoi
Fillipi et al., 2018

Kinesuchus (meaning "one crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodyliform peirosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The type species, K. overoi, was described in 2018 from the holotype MAU-Pv-CO-583, a partial mandible.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Filippi, L.S.; Barrios, F.; Garrido, A.C. (2018). "A new peirosaurid from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian) of Cerro Overo, Neuquén, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 83: 75–83. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.021.
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Pseudosuchia
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Mahajangasuchidae
Sebecidae
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Pepesuchinae
Peirosaurinae
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Mahajangasuchus insignis

Sebecus icaeorhinus Itasuchus jesuinoi

Uberabasuchus terrificus
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Baurusuchia
Baurusuchidae
Baurusuchinae
Pissarrachampsinae
Sphagesauria
Notosuchidae
Sphagesauridae
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Caipirasuchinae
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Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Baurusuchus salgadoensis

Notosuchus terrestris
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