Pietraroiasuchus is an extinct genus of hylaeochampsid eusuchian crocodylomorph from the Pietraroja Plattenkalk of the southern Apennines, Italy. Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pietraroiasuchus from Buscalioni et al., 2011:[1]

Pietraroiasuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~112–100 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Metasuchia
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Hylaeochampsidae
Genus: Pietraroiasuchus
Buscalioni et al., 2011
Type species
Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi
Buscalioni et al., 2011
Neosuchia

References edit

  1. ^ Buscalioni, A.D.; Piras, P.; Vullo, R.; Signore, M.; Barbera, C. (2011). "Early eusuchia crocodylomorpha from the vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Albian, southern Apennines, Italy)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163: S199–S227. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00718.x.