| Comahuesuchus Fossil range: Late Cretaceous | |
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 Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis, a crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. | |
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Comahuesuchidae | |
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Comahuesuchus | |
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Comahuesuchus is an extinct genus of comahuesuchid crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was described by palaeontologist José Bonaparte in 1991.
The type species is C. brachybuccalis.
Material[]
The holotype of C. brachybuccalis is MUCPv-202.
Systematics[]
Comahuesuchus is the name-sake of the clade Comahuesuchidae. Sereno et al. (2003) suggested that Comahuesuchus and Anatosuchus are both comahuesuchids, but work by Martinelli and Andrade et al. (2006), has suggested that A. minor is not a comahuesuchid. Comahuesuchus seems instead to be more closely related to Mariliasuchus.
References[]
- Andrade, M.B.; Bertini, R. J. ; Pinheiro, A. E. P. (2006). Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): phylogenetic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 9 (3): 323-332.
- Sereno, P. C., Sidor, C. A., Larsson, H. C. E., and Gado, B. (2003). A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2): 477-482.
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