Temporal range: Mid Eocene-Mid Miocene (Divisaderan-Laventan) ~42.2–11.8 Ma
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Holotype fossil of Barinasuchus arveloi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauria
Clade:
Pseudosuchia
Clade:
Crocodylomorpha
Clade:
Crocodyliformes
Clade:
†Notosuchia
Clade:
†Sebecosuchia
Clade:
†Sebecia
Family:
†Sebecidae
Genus:
†Barinasuchus Paolillo and Linares, 2007
Type species
†Barinasuchus arveloi
Paolillo and Linares, 2007
Barinasuchus (meaning "Barinas crocodile," in reference to where the type material was found) is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Its fossils have been found in middle Eocene-age rocks of the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina, middle Miocene-age rocks of the Ipururo Formation of Peru, and middle Miocene-age rocks of the Parángula Formation of Venezuela.[1]
al. (2014), showing the position of Barinasuchus within Sebecosuchia. Paleontology portal Boverisuchus Barinasuchus at Fossilworks.org Paolill A, Linares...
and large-sized genera, from Sebecus to the giant 6-metre-long (20 ft) Barinasuchus from the Miocene. The following cladogram simplified after Diego Pol...
1 m (3 ft 3 in), Barinasuchus may be only slightly larger than Dentaneosuchus. Dentaneosuchus could have even exceeded Barinasuchus in skull length considering...
Neogene also marked the end of the reptilian genera Langstonia and Barinasuchus, terrestrial predators that were the last surviving members of Sebecosuchia...
have ever existed save for large theropods, surpassing the Cenozoic Barinasuchus, the "rauisuchian" counterpart Saurosuchus at 7 metres (23 ft), and many...
largest terrestrial notosuchian crocodylomorphs were the Miocene sebecid Barinasuchus, with a skull of 95–110 cm (37–43 in) long, and Eocene sebecid Dentaneosuchus...
dimensions of the maxilla, more similar in shape to those of Baurusuchus, Barinasuchus and Bretesuchus than to Sebecus. The premaxilla may also have sloped...
Linares described a new genus of a large Venezuelan Miocene sebecid, Barinasuchus of Venezuela. In their article they considered that the traits of two...
ancestor during the Serravallian. Crocodylomorpha The last known sebecid, Barinasuchus, goes extinct about 11.8 mya. Thus ending the lineage of the notosuchians...
Notosuchia overall. In life, the length of its skull likely surpassed that of Barinasuchus, which has been estimated at 88 centimetres (35 in) long. Dal Sasso and...
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