Comahuesuchus

Comahuesuchus
Temporal range: Santonian
85 Ma
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Skeleton cast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: †Notosuchia
Family: †Comahuesuchidae
Genus: †Comahuesuchus
Bonaparte 1991
Species
  • †C. brachybuccalis Bonaparte 1991 (type)
  • †C. bonapartei Kellner et. al. 2023

Comahuesuchus is an extinct genus of notosuchian crocodylomorphs from the late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was described by palaeontologist José Bonaparte in 1991. The type species is C. brachybuccalis from the Santonian Bajo de la Carpa Formation.[1] In 2023 another species, C. bonapartei from the Sierra Barrosa Formation and Portezuelo Formation, was assigned to the genus.[2]

  1. ^ Comahuesuchus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Kellner, Alexander W. A.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Calvo, Jorge O. (14 August 2023). "A new species of Comahuesuchus Bonaparte, 1991 (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén, Lake Barreales, Patagonia, Argentina". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 95 (suppl 1): e20230179. doi:10.1590/0001-3765202320230179. ISSN 1678-2690. PMID 37585972. S2CID 260910113.