Necrosuchus
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Necrosuchus
| Necrosuchus Temporal range: Paleocene, 60 Ma |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Branch: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodylia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Genus: | †Necrosuchus Simpson, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †N. ionensis Simpson, 1937 |
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Necrosuchus is an extinct genus of caiman from the Paleocene epoch (Selandian age, about 60 million years ago).[1]
References
- ^ Brochu, C.A. (2011). "Phylogenetic relationships of Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 and the early history of caimanines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: S228–S256. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00716.x.
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