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KAYENTASUCHUS
(kay-en-tah-soo-kus)
meaning: "Kayenta Crocodile, named after the Kayenta Formation"
Named By: J. M. Clark & H.inD. Sues in 2002
Time Period: Early Jurassic
Location: USA, Arizona - Kayenta Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Skull and partial postcranial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Sphenosuchidae |
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Kayentasuchus (meaning "Kayenta Formation crocodile") is a genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It is known from a single skeleton found in rocks of the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation, northeastern Arizona.

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