Lusitanisuchus

Name: Lusitanisuchus.
Phonetic: Lu-si-tan-e-suu-kus.
Named By: D.‭ ‬Schwarz‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬Fechner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Arhcosauria,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha.
Species: L.‭ ‬mitracostatus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Portugal,‭ ‬Leiria‭ ‬-‭ ‬Guimarota Formation,‭ ‬Lourinh�.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic to possibly the Berriasian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains,‭ ‬mostly of jaws and teeth.

       Originally named as Lisboasaurus‭ ‬mitracostatus,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬mitracostatus was renamed as Lusitanisuchus in‭ ‬2004.‭ ‬Lusitanisuchus is a genus of crocodylomorph that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal.‭ ‬Contribui��o para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota‭ (‬Leiria,‭ ‬Portugal‭)‬.‭ ‬Servi�os Geol�gicos de Portugal,‭ ‬Mem�ria‭ (‬Nova S�rie‭) ‬22:7-85.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Seiffert‭ ‬-‭ ‬1975.
-‭ ‬Lusitanisuchus,‭ ‬a new generic name for Lisboasaurus mitracostatus‭ (‬Crocodylomorpha:‭ ‬Mesoeucrocodylia‭)‬,‭ ‬with a description of new remains from the Upper Jurassic‭ (‬Kimmeridgian‭) ‬and Lower Cretaceous‭ (‬Berriasian‭) ‬of Portugal.‭ ‬Canadian Journal of Earth Science‭ ‬41‭(‬10‭)‬:1259‭–‬1271.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Schwarz‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬Fechner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.



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