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.