Hyposaurus

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Hyposaurus
Temporal range: 67–60 Ma
Maastrichtian–Paleocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Family: †Dyrosauridae
Genus: †Hyposaurus
Owen, 1849
Species
  • †H. rogersii Owen, 1849 (type)
  • †H. derbianus Cope, 1886
  • †H. natator Troxell, 1925
  • †H. nopcsai (Swinton, 1930)
  • †H. paucidens Arambourg, 1952
  • †H. wilsoni (Swinton, 1930)

Hyposaurus is a genus of extinct dyrosaurid crocodyliform. Fossils have been found in Paleocene aged rocks of the Maria Farinha Formation in Pernambuco, Brazil[1] and Iullemmeden Basin in West Africa[2] and Maastrichtian strata in New Jersey.[3] It was related to Dyrosaurus.

References

  1. ^ Albertâo, G.; Koutshoukos, E.; Regali, M.; Attrep, M.; and Martin, P. (1993). "The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (KTB) at Pernambuco/Paraíba Basin, Northeastern Brazil". Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 16: 59–71. 
  2. ^ Jouve, S. (2007). "Taxonomic revision of the dyrosaurid assemblage (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of the Iullemmeden Basin, West Africa". Journal of Paleontology 81 (1): 163–175. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[163:TROTDA]2.0.CO;2. 
  3. ^ Troxell, E.L. (1925). "Hyposaurus, a marine crocodilian". American Journal of Science, Series 5 9: 489–514. http://www.ajsonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/s5-9/54/489.