Pietraroiasuchus

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Pietraroiasuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~112–100 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Metasuchia
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Hylaeochampsidae
Genus: Pietraroiasuchus
Buscalioni et al., 2011
Type species
Pietraroiasuchus ormezzanoi
Buscalioni et al., 2011

Pietraroiasuchus is an extinct genus of hylaeochampsid eusuchian crocodylomorph from the Pietraroja Plattenkalk of the southern Apennines, Italy. Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic placement of Pietraroiasuchus from Buscalioni et al., 2011:[1]

Neosuchia

References[edit]

  1. ^ Buscalioni, A.D.; Piras, P.; Vullo, R.; Signore, M.; Barbera, C. (2011). "Early eusuchia crocodylomorpha from the vertebrate-rich Plattenkalk of Pietraroia (Lower Albian, southern Apennines, Italy)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163: S199–S227. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00718.x.