Lusitanisuchus
Name:
Lusitanisuchus.
Phonetic: Lu-si-tan-e-suu-kus.
Named By: D. Schwarz & R. Fechner -
2004.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Arhcosauria, Crocodylomorpha.
Species: L. mitracostatus
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Portugal, Leiria - Guimarota
Formation, Lourinhã.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic to
possibly the Berriasian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains, mostly of
jaws and teeth.
Originally named as Lisboasaurus mitracostatus, L. mitracostatus was renamed as Lusitanisuchus in 2004. Lusitanisuchus is a genus of crocodylomorph that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal. Contribuição para o
conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota
(Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória
(Nova Série) 22:7-85. - J. Seiffert - 1975.
- Lusitanisuchus, a new generic name for Lisboasaurus
mitracostatus (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia),
with a
description of new remains from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
and Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Portugal. Canadian Journal
of Earth Science 41(10):1259–1271. - D. Schwarz
& R. Fechner - 2004.
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