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Guarinisuchus

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thumb|left|Size (2), compared to other Brazilian Cretaceous Crocodylomorphs

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Parent taxon
Dyrosauridae
Image
Guarinisuchus munizi.jpg
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taxon name
Guarinisuchus
taxon rank
genus
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Guarinisuchus
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thumb|left|Size (2), compared to other Brazilian Cretaceous Crocodylomorphs

Guarinisuchus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform from the Early Paleocene 62 million years ago in the Maria Farinha Formation, Brazil. The type species is G. munizi. It was a dominant predator in its environment, and probably reached a length of . Guarinisuchus appears to be closely related to marine crocodylomorphs found in Africa, which supports the hypothesis that the group originated in Africa and migrated to South America before spreading into the waters off the North American coast.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guarinisuchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.