Archaeosuchus
Archaeosuchus is an extinct genus of titanosuchian therapsids.[1]
| Archaeosuchus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Dinocephalia |
| Family: | †Titanosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeosuchus Broom, 1905 |
| Species: | †A. cairncrossi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archaeosuchus cairncrossi Broom, 1905 | |
The type specimen is so poorly preserved that no diagnosis can be made. The specimen being indeterminable, the name is a nomen dubium.[2]
Fossils were found for example in the Ecca Group.[1]
See also
References
- Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis (1912). South African Geology. p. 156.
- L.D. Boonstra, 1969, "The Fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo", Annals of The South African Museum 56:1-73, pg 35.
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