Sebecus

Sebecus
Temporal range: Paleocene - Mid Eocene
59.4–37.2 Ma
Skull of Sebecus icaeorhinus
Scientific classification Edit this 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: †Sebecus
Simpson, 1937
Species
  • †S. ayrampu Bravo et al., 2021[1]
  • †S. icaeorhinus Simpson, 1937 (Type)

Sebecus (meaning "Sebek" in Latin) is an extinct genus of sebecid crocodylomorph from Eocene of South America. Like other sebecosuchians, it was entirely terrestrial and carnivorous. The genus is currently represented by two species, the type S. icaeorhinus and S. ayrampu.[1] Several other species have been referred to Sebecus, but were later reclassified as their own genera.

  1. ^ a b Bravo, G. G.; Pol, D.; García-López, D. A. (2021). "A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Paleocene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (3): e1979020. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E9020B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1979020. S2CID 240087442.