Agaresuchus
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| Holotype skull of Agaresuchus subjuniperus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Clade: | †Allodaposuchidae |
| Genus: | †Agaresuchus Narváez et al., 2016 |
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| †Agaresuchus fontisensis Narváez et al., 2016
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Agaresuchus is an
Discovery and naming
The genus Agaresuchus was named in 2016 upon the discovery of
A. subjuniperus was named in 2013 on the basis of a skull from the late Maastrichtian-aged Conquès Formation, part of the Tremp Group, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The skull was found underneath a juniper tree whose roots had grown between the bones, hence the specific name subjuniperus or "under juniper" in Latin.[1]
In 2016, the new genus and species Agaresuchus fontisensis was discovered and
The two species differ in traits such as the shape of the snout (elongated in the former, short in the latter); the shape of the
Alternatively, a 2021
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