Gryposuchus
Extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gryposuchus is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodilian. Fossils have been found from Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and the Peruvian Amazon. The genus existed during the Miocene epoch (Colhuehuapian to Huayquerian).[2] One recently described species, G. croizati, grew to an estimated length of 10 metres (33 ft). Gryposuchus is the type genus of the subfamily Gryposuchinae, although a 2018 study indicates that Gryposuchinae and Gryposuchus might be paraphyletic and rather an evolutionary grade towards the gharial.
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Gryposuchus | |
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Fossils of the skull and mandible of G. colombianus, Museo Geológico José Royo y Gómez, Bogotá. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Gavialidae |
Subfamily: | †Gryposuchinae |
Genus: | †Gryposuchus Gurich, 1912 |
Type species | |
†Gryposuchus jessei Gurich, 1912 | |
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