Bayomesasuchus Barrios et al. 2016 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Peirosauridae

Full reference: F. Barrios, A. Paulina-Carabajal, and P. Bona. 2016. A new peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 53(1):14-25

Parent taxon: Peirosauridae according to C. S. C. Nicholl et al. 2021

See also Barrios et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Amargasuchus, Barcinosuchus, Barrosasuchus, Colhuehuapisuchus, Fortignathus, Gasparinisuchus, Hamadasuchus, Kinesuchus, Lomasuchinae, Lomasuchus, Miadanasuchus, Montealtosuchus, Patagosuchus, Peirosaurinae, Pepesuchinae, Rukwasuchus, Stolokrosuchus, Trematochampsidae, Uberabasuchus

Subtaxa: Bayomesasuchus hernandezi

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Type: Bayomesasuchus hernandezi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Bayo Mesa, NF1 [MCF] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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