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ITASUCHUS
(i-ta-soo-kus)
Itasuchus
Named By: Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1955
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70.6 Ma
Location: Brazil - Marilia Formation
Size: Skull 37 centimetres long. Total body length estimated to be about 3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Skull
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Notosuchia | Trematochampsidae |
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Itasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Fossils of the type species I. jesuinoi, first described in 1955 by Llewellyn Ivor Price, have been found from the Marilia Formation (Maastrichtian age) in Uberaba, Brazil.

It is known from a 370 mm skull, suggesting a total length of about 3 m (10 ft).

Read more about Itasuchus at Wikipedia
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