Sajkanosuchus

Sajkanosuchus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked): Crurotarsi
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Alligatoroidea
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Sajkanosuchus
Efimov, 1984
Species
  • S. ckhikvadzoi Efimov, 1984 (type)

Sajkanosuchus is an extinct genus of alligatorid crocodilian. It is known from the middle Eocene of eastern Kazakhstan.[1] Fossils have been found from the Zaysan Basin in clays that are referred to as the Obayla suite.[2] The type species is S. ckhikvadzoi, named in 1984.[3]

References

  1. Kordikova, Elena. "Fossil and Living Amphibians and Reptiles of Kazakhstan". MultiMania.de. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. Klebanova, I.M. (1964). "A new occurrence of Eocene mammals in east Kazakhstan". International Geology Review 6 (10): 1855–1857. doi:10.1080/00206816409474051.
  3. Efimov, M.B. (1984). Gabuniya, eds. Flora and fauna of Zajsan Hollow. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 72.


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