| Acherontisuchus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Dyrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Acherontisuchus Hastings et al., 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †A. guajiraensis Hastings et al., 2011
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Acherontisuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid neosuchian from Middle to Late Paleocene deposits of Colombia.[1] The only known species is A. guajiraensis, whose name means "Acheron crocodile of the Guajira Peninsula".[2]
- ^ Acherontisuchus guajiraensis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hastings, A.K.; Bloch, J.; Jaramillo, C.A. (2011). "A new longirostrine dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of north-eastern Colombia: biogeographic and behavioural implications for new-world dyrosauridae". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1095–1116. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54.1095H. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01092.x.