Hemiprotosuchus
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| Hemiprotosuchus Temporal range: Norian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Hemiprotosuchus Bonaparte 1969 |
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| †Hemiprotosuchus leali Bonaparte, 1969
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Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named in 1969 by paleontologist José Bonaparte . The type species is H. leali.
History
[edit]Hemiprotosuchus was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali.[1] The fossils included a skull and jaws as well as some postcranial elements.[2]
A 2009 cladistic analysis of protosuchids by paleontologist Eric Buffetaut et al. found that Hemiprotosuchus was the sister taxon of Protosuchus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina". Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.
- ^ "Annals of the South African Museum". The Museum. 1976. p. 325. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ^ Buffetaut, Eric; Cuny, G.; Suteethorn, Varavudh (2009). "Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia". Geological Society of London. p. 183. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
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