Montealtosuchus

Montealtosuchus

Filozoa

Montealtosuchus
Temporal range: 90–83 Ma
Turonian - Santonian
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Notosuchia
Family: Peirosauridae
Genus: Montealtosuchus
Carvalho et al., 2007
Species
  • M. arrudacamposi Carvalho et al., 2007 (type)

Montealtosuchus was an extinct genus of terrestrial crocodyliform. It was discovered in 2004 in the Bauru Basin of Brazil, from Turonian-Santonian deposits of the Adamantina Formation. The species was described in 2007, and assigned to the family Peirosauridae. The type species is M. arrudacamposi. The genus takes its name from the type locality in Monte Alto municipality.

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