Bretesuchus

Bretesuchus
Temporal range: Late Paleocene (Itaboraian-Riochican)
~58.7–55.8 Ma
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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: †Bretesuchus
Gasparini, Fernandez & Powell, 1993
Type species
†Bretesuchus bonapartei
Gasparini et al., 1993

Bretesuchus is an extinct genus of sebecosuchian mesoeucrocodylian within the family Sebecidae known from northwestern Argentina.[1][2] It was a large apex predator (total length approximately 4 m).[3]

  1. ^ Bretesuchus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Gasparini, Zulma; Fernandez, Marta; Powell, Jaime E. (1993). "New Tertiary sebecosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from South America: phylogenetic implications". Historical Biology. 7: 1–19. Bibcode:1993HBio....7....1G. doi:10.1080/10292389309380440.
  3. ^ http://darrennaish.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/naish-2001-geology-today-crocodilians.pdf page 73.