Kinesuchus (meaning "one crocodile") is an extinct genus of crocodyliform peirosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. The type species, K. overoi, was described in 2018 from the holotype MAU-Pv-CO-583, a partial mandible.[1]
| Kinesuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Kinesuchus Fillipi et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Kinesuchus overoi Fillipi et al., 2018
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See also
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References
edit- ^ Filippi, L.S.; Barrios, F.; Garrido, A.C. (2018). "A new peirosaurid from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Santonian) of Cerro Overo, Neuquén, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 83: 75–83. Bibcode:2018CrRes..83...75F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.021. hdl:11336/97117.