Tagarosuchus

Tagarosuchus; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
(unranked):	Crocodyliformes
Genus:	Tagarosuchus; Alifanov et al., 1999
Species
	T. kulemzini Alifanov et al., 1999 (type);

Tagarosuchus is an extinct genus of Early Cretaceous protosuchian-grade crocodyliform. Fossils of Tagarosuchus have been found from southern Siberia, including a nearly complete skull found near the village of Shestakovo in Kemerovo Oblast. Tagarosuchus was named in 1999, with the type species being T. kulemzini. Remains have been recovered from the Aptian-Albian Ilek Formation.

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