Symptosuchus Explained

Symptosuchus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. It is known from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.[1] Argentine paleontologist Florentino Ameghino named the genus in 1899, along with the type species S. contortidens.[2] It was formally described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répartition géographique des fossiles de "Crocodiles" . Paleopedia . 18 July 2010.
  2. Book: Ameghino, F. . 1899 . Sinopsis geologico-paleontologica de la Argentina: Suplemento . Adiciones y correcciones . La Plata . 13.
  3. Rusconi . C. . 1934 . Posicion estratigrafica y relaciones zoologicas de los cocodrilianos Argentinos extinguidos . Bol. Pal. Buenos Aires . 4 . 7–12.
  4. Book: Camp, C.I . 1942 . Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938 . Geological Society of America Special Papers . 42 . 668.

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