Luperosuchus

Luperosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
(unranked):	Crurotarsi
Genus:	Luperosuchus

Luperosuchus is an extinct genus of crurotarsan, a group which includes crocodilians and their ancestors. It lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic, and is known from Argentina.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ A. S. Romer. 1971. The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. VIII. A fragmentary skull of a large thecodont, Luperosuchus fractus. Breviora 373:1-8
↑ J. B. Desojo and A. B. Arcucci. 2009. New material of Luperosuchus fractus (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: the earliest known South American "rauisuchian". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1311-1315

Major clades

Ornithosuchidae Aetosauria Poposauroidea Rauisuchidae Crocodylomorpha

Gracilisuchus Turfanosuchus Revueltosaurus Aetosauria

Paracrocodylomorpha	Poposauroidea Loricata

Typothorax Redondasuchus

Paratypothoracisini	Tecovasuchus Rioarribasuchus Paratypothorax

Basal poposauroids	Qianosuchus

Ctenosauriscidae	Arizonasaurus Bromsgroveia Ctenosauriscus Xilousuchus

Poposauridae	Dolichobrachium Lythrosuchus Poposaurus

Lotosauridae	Lotosaurus

Shuvosauridae	Effigia Shuvosaurus Sillosuchus

Basal loricatans	Prestosuchus Saurosuchus Batrachotomus Fasolasuchus

Rauisuchidae	Arganasuchus Heptasuchus Jushatyria Luperosuchus Polonosuchus Postosuchus Procerosuchus Rauisuchus Stagonosuchus Teratosaurus Tikisuchus Vivaron Vjushkovisaurus

Crocodylomorpha	Hesperosuchus Dromicosuchus Sphenosuchus Terrestrisuchus Kayentasuchus Crocodyliformes

Related categories

Archosaurs Crurotarsans

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