Bayomesasuchus
Name:
Bayomesasuchus
(Cerro Bayo Mesa crocodile).
Phonetic: Bay-o-me-su-kus.
Named By: F. Barrios, A. Paulina-Carabajal
& P. Bona - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Peirosauridae.
Species: B. hernandezi
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: Argentina - Cerro Lisandro
Formation.
Time period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and lower jaw.
Bayomesasuchus is a genus of peirosaurid crocodile that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from
the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. - Ameghiniana
53(1):14-25. - F. Barrios, A. Paulina-Carabajal
& P. Bona - 2015.
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