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Montealtosuchus
Temporal range: 90–83 Ma Turonian - SantonianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Superorder: Crocodylomorpha Suborder: †Notosuchia Family: †Peirosauridae Genus: †Montealtosuchus
Carvalho et al., 2007Species - †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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