Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Coniacian–Campanian
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauria
Clade:
Pseudosuchia
Clade:
Crocodylomorpha
Clade:
Crocodyliformes
Clade:
†Notosuchia
Clade:
†Sebecosuchia
Family:
†Baurusuchidae
Subfamily:
†Baurusuchinae
Genus:
†Aphaurosuchus Darlim, Montefeltro, and Langer, 2021
Type species
†Aphaurosuchus escharafacies
Darlim, Montefeltro, and Langer, 2021
Species
†Aphaurosuchus escharafacies Darlim, Montefeltro and Langer, 2021
†Aphaurosuchus kaiju Martins et al., 2023
Aphaurosuchus is an extinct genus of baurusuchid mesoeucrocodylian known from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Basin of São Paulo, southern Brazil. It contains two species, Aphaurosuchus escharafacies and Aphaurosuchus kaiju.[1]
^Darlim, Gustavo; Montefeltro, Felipe C.; Langer, Max C. (2021). "3D skull modelling and description of a new baurusuchid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous (Bauru Basin) of Brazil". Journal of Anatomy. 239 (3): 622–662. doi:10.1111/joa.13442. ISSN 1469-7580. PMC 8349455. PMID 33870512.
São Paulo, southern Brazil. It contains two species, Aphaurosuchus escharafacies and Aphaurosuchus kaiju. In 2012, the Laboratório de Paleontologia lead...
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images Aphaurosuchus kaiju Sp. nov In press Martins et al. Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation...
in the analysis. Darlim et al. (2021) described a new baurusuchid, Aphaurosuchus, and proposed formal definitions for the clades Baurusuchia, Baurusuchidae...
early diverging crocodile. The type species is A. chiangmuanensis. Aphaurosuchus kaiju Sp. nov Martins et al. Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation Brazil...
Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Named in 2011, it contains the baurusuchids Aphaurosuchus, Aplestosuchus, Baurusuchus and Stratiotosuchus. Baurusuchinae is one...
navae Six specimens and several isolated bone remains. A notosuchian Aphaurosuchus A. kaiju Skull elements and teeth. A baurusuchid. Armadillosuchus A...
Morocco A peirosaurid crocodylomorph. The type species is A. taouzensis. Aphaurosuchus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Darlim, Montefeltro & Langer Late Cretaceous...
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