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Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caririsuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid[1] crocodylomorph. Fossils have been found from the Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, dating back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.[2] It was about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in length.
Caririsuchus Temporal range: Albian | |
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Scientific classification | |
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: | †Caririsuchus Kellner 1987 |
Species | |
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