Sulcusuchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Polycotylidae
Genus: †Sulcusuchus
Species: †S. erraini

Name

• †Sulcusuchus Gasparini & Spalletti, 1990: 145

Type species: †Sulcusuchus erraini Gasparini & Spalletti, 1990, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gasparini, Z. & Spalletti, L.A. 1990. Un nuevo cocodrilo en los depositos mareales Maastrichtianos de la Patagonia noroccidental (In Spanish). Ameghiniana 27(1–2): 141–150. Reference page. 

Additional references

• O’Gorman, J.P. & Gasparini, Z. 2013. Revision of Sulcusuchus erraini (Sauropterygia, Polycotylidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Alcheringa 37(2): 163–176. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2013.736788Reference page. 

Links

• †Sulcusuchus Gasparini & Spalletti, 1990 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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