Hemiprotosuchus

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.

Hemiprotosuchus Temporal range: Norian ~221.5–205.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Family:	†Protosuchidae
Genus:	†Hemiprotosuchus Bonaparte 1969
Type species
†Hemiprotosuchus leali Bonaparte, 1969

History

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]