Uruguaysuchus Rusconi 1933 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Uruguaysuchidae

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

Parent taxon: Uruguaysuchidae according to D. Pol et al. 2014

See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Carvalho et al. 2004, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Iori and Carvalho 2011, Martin et al. 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Pol et al. 2012, Pol and Norell 2004, Price 1959, Rusconi 1933, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Soto et al. 2011, Turner 2006, Turner and Sertich 2010 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Anatosuchus

Subtaxa: Uruguaysuchus aznarezi

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Type: Uruguaysuchus aznarezi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guichón (water well) (Cretaceous of Uruguay)

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