Gracilisuchus
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Gracilisuchus (meaning "slender crocodile")[lower-alpha 1] is an extinct genus of tiny pseudosuchian (a group which includes the ancestors of crocodilians) from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It contains a single species, G. stipanicicorum, which is placed in the clade Suchia, close to the ancestry of crocodylomorphs. Both the genus and the species were first described by Alfred Romer in 1972.
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Gracilisuchus | |
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Multiple views of skulls of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Family: | †Gracilisuchidae |
Genus: | †Gracilisuchus Romer, 1972 |
Species: | †G. stipanicicorum |
Binomial name | |
†Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum Romer, 1972 | |
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