Coburgosuchus

Coburgosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked): Archosauria
Order: Phytosauria
Family: Phytosauridae
Subfamily: Pseudopalatinae
Genus: Coburgosuchus
Heller, 1954
Species
  • C. goeckili Heller, 1954 (type)

Coburgosuchus is an extinct genus of pseudopalatine phytosaur. The genus was named for Coburg, Germany, the type locality where specimens have been found dating back to the Late Triassic. It has at times been considered a nomen dubium due to the fragmentary nature of the material associated with the genus, and it may prove to be synonymous with other phytosaurs such as Nicrosaurus or Phytosaurus.[1]

References

  1. Kuhn, O. (1961). Die Familien der rezentenund fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien. Meisenbach und Oeben KG, Bamberg, 79pp.


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