Saurosuchus
Animals
Large extinct loricatan archosaur from Late Triassic South America
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Saurosuchus
Saurosuchus was an extinct genus of large loricatan pseudosuchian archosaurs from South America in the Late Triassic. Its only species, S. galilei, was named in 1959. Specimens were found in Argentina's Ischigualasto Formation, including adults and subadults. It was estimated at 5.5 to 7 m long and up to 590 kg. It likely occupied an apex predator role in seasonal floodplain and river environments.
- Type species
- S. galilei
- Discovery locality
- Ischigualasto Formation, northwestern Argentina
- Estimated length
- 5.5 to 7 m
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Saurosuchus (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q137131
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Kentaro Ohno. CC BY 2.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsKentaro Ohno, Flickr: 地球最古の恐竜展Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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