Hemiprotosuchus
Sign in to saveHemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named in 1969 by paleontologist José Bonaparte . The type species is H. leali.
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It is catalogued under topics including Crocodyliformes, Fossils of Argentina and Fossil taxa described in 1968.
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- Protosuchidae
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Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic (Norian stage) Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named in 1969 by paleontologist José Bonaparte . The type species is H. leali.
==History== Hemiprotosuchus was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali. The fossils included a skull and jaws as well as some postcranial elements.
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