Wargosuchus
Name:
Wargosuchus
(Warg crocodile).
Phonetic: Warg-o-su-kus.
Named By: A. G. Martinelli & D. F.
Pais - 2008.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Notosuchia, Sebecosuchia, Baurusuchidae,
Pissarrachampsinae.
Species: W. australis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Argentina, Neuqu�n Province -
Bajo de la Carpa Formation.
Time period: Santonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull, including
right maxilla, premaxilla and skull roof.
Wargosuchus is a genus of baurusucid crocodile that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous. At the time of description (and writing), Wargosuchus is only known from a single incomplete skull, mostly of the tooth bearing bones of the right hand side. Despite this lack of fossil remains, Wargosuchus is still notable for bearing a similarity to the genus Pissarrachampsa.
Further reading
- A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late
Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina). - Comptes Rendus Palevol
7:371-38.1. - A. G. Martinelli & D. F. Pais -
2008.
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