Sahitisuchus

Sahitisuchus
Temporal range: Early Eocene (Itaboraian)
~53–50 Ma
Holotype skull in dorsal and ventral view
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: Sahitisuchus
Kellner et al. 2014
Type species
Sahitisuchus fluminensis
Kellner et al. 2014

Sahitisuchus is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian known from Rio de Janeiro State of southeastern Brazil.[1] It contains a single species, Sahitisuchus fluminensis. It is a terrestrial sebecid, however also adopted to a semi-aquatic lifestyle to some degree, most probably coexisting with the semi-aquatic alligatorid Eocaiman itaboraiensis.[2]

  1. ^ Sahitisuchus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Kellner, A. W. A.; Pinheiro, A. E. P.; Campos, D. A. (2014). Dodson, Peter (ed.). "A New Sebecid from the Paleogene of Brazil and the Crocodyliform Radiation after the K–Pg Boundary". PLOS ONE. 9 (1): e81386. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...981386K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081386. PMC 3893294. PMID 24454686.