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PSEUDOLAGOSUCHUS
(su-do-gal-o-su-kus)
meaning: "False Lagosuchus"
Named By: A. B. Arcucci in 1987
Time Period: Middle Triassic, 236-234 Ma
Location: Argentina - Chanares Formation
Size: Roughly estimated at about 1 meter long
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Partial remains including femur, tibia, pubis and some vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauromorpha | Dinosauriformes |
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Pseudolagosuchus (meaning "false Lagosuchus") is a genus of dinosauromorph from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Chanares Formation of Argentina. It may be a junior synonym of Lewisuchus, but there is very little overlapping material. It was a small reptile which was probably about one meter long, 30 centimeters (1 ft) tall, and weighed approximately 2 kilograms (5 lb). It is known only from a pubis, a femur, a tibia, and vertebrae. Both Sterling Nesbitt, Christian Sidor et al. (2010) and Matthew Baron, David Norman and Paul Barrett (2017) treated this taxon as being synonymous with Lewisuchus.

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