Uruguaysuchus aznarezi Rusconi 1933 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Uruguaysuchidae

Synonym: Uruguaysuchus terrai Rusconi 1933

Full reference: C. Rusconi. 1933. Sobre reptiles cretáceos del Uruguay (Uruguaysuchus aznarezi, n.g.n.sp.) y sus relaciones con los notosúquidos de Patagonia [On the Cretaceous reptiles of Uruguay (Uruguaysuchus aznarezi, n.g.n.sp.) and their relationships with the notosuchids of Patagonia]. Instituto de Geología y Perforaciones Boletín 19:1-64

Belongs to Uruguaysuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Lambert 1942, Nascimento and Zaher 2010, Nobre and Carvalho 2006, Rusconi 1933, Soto et al. 2011 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Uruguaysuchus aznarezi: CA (unnumbered), a partial skeleton (A complete skull, mandible, right forelimb, 18 vertebrae, both ilia and partial right hindlimb, as well as a few associated osteoderms). Its type locality is Guichón (water well), which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial sandstone in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.
  • Uruguaysuchus terrai: CA (unnumbered), a skull (Complete mandible and skull in articulation). Its type locality is Guichón (water well), which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial sandstone in the Guichón Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guichón (water well)

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