Sajkanosuchus
| Sajkanosuchus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
| (unranked): | Crurotarsi |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | Sajkanosuchus Efimov, 1984 |
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Sajkanosuchus is an extinct genus of alligatorid crocodilian. It is known from the middle Eocene of eastern Kazakhstan.[1] Fossils have been found from the Zaysan Basin in clays that are referred to as the Obayla suite.[2] The type species is S. ckhikvadzoi, named in 1984.[3]
References
- ↑ Kordikova, Elena. "Fossil and Living Amphibians and Reptiles of Kazakhstan". MultiMania.de. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ Klebanova, I.M. (1964). "A new occurrence of Eocene mammals in east Kazakhstan". International Geology Review. 6 (10): 1855–1857. doi:10.1080/00206816409474051.
- ↑ Efimov, M.B. (1984). Gabuniya, eds. Flora and fauna of Zajsan Hollow. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 72.
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