Venaticosuchus

Ven-at-e-co-su-kus.
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Name

Venaticosuchus.

Phonetic

Ven-at-e-co-su-kus.

Named By

J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1971.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauria,‭ ‬Pseudosuchia,‭ ‬Ornithosuchidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

V.‭ ‬rusconii‭

Size

Up to‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ischigualasto Formation.

Time Period

Carnian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       Venaticosuchus is a genus of pseudosuchian archosaur that lived in Argentina during the Triassic.‭ ‬Venaticosuchus is related to Riojasuchus and Ornithosuchus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Annotated list of the South American Triassic tetrapods,‭ ‬by J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte.‭ ‬In Second Gondwana Symposium,‭ ‬Proceedings and Papers,‭ ‬S. H. Haughton‭ (‬ed‭)‬ – 1971. – Anatomy and phylogenetic position of Venaticosuchus rusconii Bonaparte, 1970 (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia), from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic), La Rioja, Argentina. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (6): 1342–1356. – M. Bel�n Von Bazcko, Julia B. Desojo & Diego Pol – 2014. – Rediscovered Cranial Material of Venaticosuchus rusconii Enables the First Jaw Biomechanics in Ornithosuchidae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). – Ameghiniana. 55 (4): 365–379. – M. Bel�n Von Bazcko – 2018.

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