Polonosuchus

Polonosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 216–204 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked): Crurotarsi
Order: Rauisuchia
Family: Rauisuchidae
Genus: Polonosuchus
Brusatte et al., 2009
Species

Polonosuchus is a genus of rauisuchian known from the late Triassic (Carnian age) of Poland.

It was described as Teratosaurus silesiacus in 2005 by Tomasz Sulej,[1] and was transferred to the genus Polonosuchus by Brusatte et al. in 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sulej, T. (2005). "A new rauisuchian reptile (Diapsida: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of Poland." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(1):78-86.
  2. ^ Brusatte, Stephen L.; Butler, Richard J.; Sulej, Tomasz; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz (2009). "The taxonomy and anatomy of rauisuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (2): 221–230. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0065.