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GASPARINISUCHUS
(gas-pah-re-ne-so-kus)
meaning: "Gasparini's crocodile"
Named By: Agustin G. Martinelli, Joseph J.W. Sertich, Alberto C. Garrido & Angel M. Praderio in 2012
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 85.8-77.5 Ma
Location: Argentina, Mendoza Province, Neuquen Province
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Two individuals including skull, jaw and partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Mesoeucrocodylia | Peirosauridae |
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Gasparinisuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid notosuchian known from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian stage) of Neuquen and Mendoza Provinces, western central Argentina. It contains a single species, Gasparinisuchus peirosauroides.

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