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Longosuchus

Longosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Mounted skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Order: Aetosauria
Family: Stagonolepididae
Subfamily: Desmatosuchinae
Genus: Longosuchus
Hunt & Lucas, 1990
Species
  • L. meadei (Sawin, 1947) (type)

Longosuchus (meaning "Long's crocodile") is an extinct genus of desmatosuchin aetosaur from the Late Triassic of North America.[1][2] Reported fossils from Morocco are likely misidentified scutes of a paratypothoracin aetosaur.[3] Longosuchus measured about 3 metres in length.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sues, Hans-Dieter; Fraser, Nicholas C. (2010). Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition. ISBN 978-0-231-13522-1.
  2. ^ Lucas, Spencer (1998). "The aetosaur Longosuchus from the Triassic of Morocco and its biochronological significance". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA. 326 (8): 589–594. Bibcode:1998CRASE.326..589L. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80211-5.
  3. ^ Parker, William G.; Martz, Jeffrey W. (2010-07-14). "Using positional homology in aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) osteoderms to evaluate the taxonomic status of Lucasuchus hunti". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (4): 1100–1108. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1100P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.483536. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 83713904.

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