Symptosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symptosuchus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. It is known from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.[1] Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino named the genus in 1899, along with the type species S. contortidens.[2] It was formally described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934.[3][4]
| Symptosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Goniopholididae |
| Genus: | †Symptosuchus Ameghino, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| †Symptosuchus contortidens Ameghino, 1899 | |
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