Riojasuchus

Re-o-jah-su-kus.

Benjamin Gutierrez

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Gutierrez, B. (2015, November 10). Riojasuchus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/riojasuchus/

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Name

Riojasuchus.

Phonetic

Re-o-jah-su-kus.

Named By

J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1969.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Archosauria,‭ ‬Pseudosuchia,‭ ‬Ornithosuchidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

R.‭ ‬tenuisceps‭

Size

Skull‭ ‬25‭ ‬centimetres long.‭ ‬Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Los Colorados Formation.

Time Period

Norian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

‭B‬ased upon almost compete skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains.‭ ‬Fossil remains of at least four individuals are now known.

In Depth

        Riojasuchus is a genus of ornithosuchid pseudosuchian that lived during the late Triassic.‭ ‬At the time of writing the Ornithosuchidae is a small group of pseudosuchian archosaurs that aside from Riojasuchus,‭ ‬only contains Ornithosuchus and Venaticosuchus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Dos nuevas‭ “‬faunas‭” ‬de reptiles triasicos de Argentina‭ [‬Two new reptilian‭ “‬faunas‭” ‬of the Argentine Triassic‭]‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gondwana Stratigraphy‭ (‬IUGS Symposium,‭ ‬Buenos Aires‭) ‬2:283-306.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Bonaparte‭ ‬-‭ ‬1969.

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