Named By: | Jospeh J. W. Sertich & Patrick M. O'Connor in 2014 |
Time Period: | middle Cretaceous, 100 Ma |
Location: | Tanzania - Galula Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due tolack of remains |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Peirosauridae | |
Rukwasuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid mesoeucrocodylian known from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation of southwestern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu.