Kyasuchus

Ki-ah-su-kus.
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Name

Kyasuchus.

Phonetic

Ki-ah-su-kus.

Named By

M.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Efimov‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Leshchinskiy‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Protosuchia,‭ ‬Shartegosuchidae.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

K.‭ ‬saevi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Russia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ilek Formation.

Time Period

Hauterivian to Aptian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull remains of at least three individuals.

In Depth

       Kyasuchus is a genus of protosuchian crocodile that lived in Russia during the early Cretaceous.

Further Reading

-‭ [‬First discovery of a fossil crocodile skull in Siberia‭]‬,‭ ‬by M.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Efimov‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Leshchinskiy.‭ ‬In,‭ ‬Materialy regionalanoj konferencii geologov Sibiri,‭ ‬Dalshchnego Vostoka i Severo�‭ ’‬Vostoka Rossii,‭ ‬A.V.‭ ‬Komarov‭ (‬ed‭)‬.‭ ‬Gala Press.‭ ‬-‭ ‬2000.

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