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Litargosuchus Clark & Sues 2002, GEN. NOV

Description

LITARGOSUCHUS GEN. NOV

Etymology. From Greek litargos, running fast, and Greek soukhos, crocodile, in reference to the inferred cursorial habits of this crocodylomorph reptile.

Type species. Litargosuchus leptorhynchus sp. nov. (by monotypy).

Diagnosis. As for the type and only known species, given below.

Notes

Published as part of Clark, James M. & Sues, Hans-Dieter, 2002, Two new basal crocodylomorph archosaurs from the Lower Jurassic and the monophyly of the Sphenosuchia, pp. 77-95 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (1) on page 78, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00026.x, http://zenodo.org/record/10114666

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sphenosuchidae
Genus
Litargosuchus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sphenosuchia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Clark & Sues
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Litargosuchus Clark & Sues, 2002