Barcinosuchus

Name: Barcinosuchus ‭(‬Cerro Barcino Formation crocodile‭)‬.
Phonetic: Bar-sin-o-su-kus.
Named By: Juan Mart�n Leardi‭ & ‬Diego Pol‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Peirosauridae.
Species: B.‭ ‬gradilis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina,‭ ‬Chubut Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cerro Barcino Formation.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Skull,‭ ‬lower jaw and partial post cranial remains.

       Barcinosuchus is a genus of peirosaurid crocodile that lived in South America during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The first crocodyliform from the Chubut Group‭ (‬Chubut Province,‭ ‬Argentina‭) ‬and its phylogenetic position within basal Mesoeucrocodylia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cretaceous Research‭ ‬30‭ (‬6‭)‬:‭ ‬1376‭–‬1386.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Juan Mart�n Leardi‭ & ‬Diego Pol‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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