Marasuchus
Name:
Marasuchus
(Mara crocodile).
Phonetic: Mah-rah-su-kus.
Named By: Paul C. Sereno & Andrea B.
Arcucci - 1994.
Synonyms: Lagosuchus lilloensis, Lagosuchus talampayensis?
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Dinosauriformes.
Species: M. lilloensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: About 40 centimetres long.
Known locations: Argentina - Cha�ares Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton.
Originally described as a species of Lagosuchus (L. lilloensis), when clear differences were noted in the limb proportions were noted the genus Marasuchus was created. Marasuchus was a dinosauriform, a kind of reptile that was on the evolutionary route to dinosaurs, but not a dinosaur yet.
Further reading
- Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina:
Marasuchus lilloensis gen. nov. - Journal of
Vertebrate
Paleontology 14: 53-73. - Paul C. Sereno & Andrea
B. Arcucci - 1994.
- The Validity of Lagosuchus talampayensis Romer,
1971 (Archosauria,
Dinosauriformes), from the Late Triassic of Argentina. - Breviora. 565
(1): 1–21. - Federico L. Agnolin & Martin D. Ezcurra - 2019.
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