Gracilisuchus

Gracilisuchus
Temporal range: Carnian, 236–234 Ma
Multiple views of skulls of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Family: Gracilisuchidae
Genus: Gracilisuchus
Romer, 1972
Species:
G. stipanicicorum
Binomial name
Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum
Romer, 1972

Gracilisuchus (meaning "slender crocodile")[a] is an extinct genus of tiny pseudosuchian (a group which includes the ancestors of crocodilians) from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It contains a single species, G. stipanicicorum, which is placed in the clade Suchia, close to the ancestry of crocodylomorphs. Both the genus and the species were first described by Alfred Romer in 1972.
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