Litargosuchus, Clark & Sues, 2002

Clark, James M. & Sues, Hans-Dieter, 2002, Two new basal crocodylomorph archosaurs from the Lower Jurassic and the monophyly of the Sphenosuchia, Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in memory of Alick D. Walker (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (1)), pp. 77-95 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00026.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5106325
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26418E48-FF8A-FFBD-FC7D-FE12FC5E11BD
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Litargosuchus
status	gen. nov.

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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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
InfraClass	Lower
Order	Sphenosuchia
Family	Sphenosuchidae

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