Aphaurosuchus

Aphaurosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Coniacian–Campanian
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
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]

  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.