Unasuchus
| Unasuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Genus: | †Unasuchus Brinkmann, 1992 |
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Unasuchus is an extinct genus of Early Cretaceous crocodyliform. The genus is named after Uña, a municipality in central Spain where fossils have been found.[1] Unasuchus is known only from skull and jaw fragments, making its classification uncertain.[2] These remains have been found from the Barremian Las Hoyas Formation.[3] The type species, U. reginae, was named in 1992.
References
- ↑ Ortega, F.; Moratalla, J.J.; Buscalioni, A.; Sanz, J.L.; Jiménez, S.; Valbuena, J. (1996). "Sobre la presencia de un cocodrilo fósil (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia: Goniopholis sp.) en la cuenca de Cameros (Cretácico inferior: Vadillos-San Román de Cameros, La Rioja)". Zubía. 14: 113–120.
- ↑ Martin, J.E.; Delfino, M. (2010). "Recent advances in the comprehension of the biogeography of Cretaceous European eusuchians". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 293 (3): 406–418. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.021.
- ↑ Sanz, J.L.; Fregenal-Martínez, M.A.; Meléndez, N.; Ortega, F. (2001). "3.4.9 Las Hoyas". In Briggs, D.E.G.; and Crowther, P.R. (eds.). Palaeobiology II. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 356–359. ISBN 9780632051496.
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