Gualosuchus is an extinct genus of proterochampsian archosauriform from the Middle Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina. The type and only species is Gualosuchus reigi, named by paleontologist Alfred Romer in 1971. [1] Its skull length is 40 cm long making it quite a large proterochampsids. Gualosuchus also said to have a more robust humerus and tibia compared to other proterochampsids.[2]
| Gualosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Rhadinosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Gualosuchus Romer 1971 |
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| †Gualosuchus reigi Romer 1971
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References
edit- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora. 379: 1–22.
- ^ Trotteyn, Maria Jimena; Arcucc, Andrea; Raugust, Tiago (2013). "Proterochampsia: An endemic archosauriform clade from South America". Geological Society London Special Publications. 379 (1): 379(1): 59-90. Bibcode:2013GSLSP.379...59T. doi:10.1144/sp379.23. S2CID 140590056.
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