Necrosuchus
Necrosuchus is an extinct genus of caiman from modern day Argentina that lived during the Paleocene epoch (Selandian age, about 60 million years ago). It inhabited the fluvio-lacustrine environment of the Patagonian Salamanca Formation.
| Necrosuchus | |
|---|---|
| Artist's restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Clade: | Jacarea |
| Genus: | †Necrosuchus Simpson, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 | |
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