Barberenasuchus

Barberenasuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Family: uncertain
Genus: Barberenasuchus
Mattar, 1987
Species
  • B. brasiliensis Mattar, 1987 (type)

Barberenasuchus is an extinct genus of early basal crocodylomorph. Fossils have been found from the Santa Maria Formation of southern Brazil of Late Triassic age.[1] It is named in honor of Mário Costa Barberena.

References

  1. ^ Mattar, L.C.B. 1987. Descrição osteólogica do crânio e segunda vértebrata cervical de Barberenasuchus brasiliensis Mattar, 1987 (Reptilia, Thecodontia) do Mesotriássico do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Anais, Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 61: 319–333.