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Hemiprotosuchus

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Hemiprotosuchus
Temporal range:Norian
~221.5–205.6Ma
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Protosuchidae
Genus: Hemiprotosuchus
Bonaparte1969
Type species
Hemiprotosuchus leali
Bonaparte, 1969

Hemiprotosuchusis anextinctgenusofprotosuchidcrocodyliformfrom theLate Triassic(Norianstage)Los Colorados Formationof theIschigualasto-Villa Unión Basinin northwesternArgentina,South America. It was named by Argentinian paleontologistJosé Bonapartein 1969. Thetype speciesisH. leali.[1]

References

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  1. ^Bonaparte, J.F. (1969). "Dos nuevas 'faunas' de reptiles triasicos de Argentina".Gondwana Stratigraphy(IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306.
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