Unasuchus
| Unasuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
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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 |
| Family: | †Hylaeochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Unasuchus Brinkmann, 1992 |
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Unasuchus is an extinct
eusuchian belonging to the family Hylaeochampsidae. The genus is named after Uña, a municipality in central Spain where fossils have been found.[1]
Discovery and classification
Unasuchus is known only from skull and jaw fragments, meaning that it initially defied precise classification within
Las Hoyas Formation.[4] The type species
, U. reginae, was named in 1992.
References
- ^ Ortega, F.; Moratalla, J.J.; Buscalioni, A.; Sanz, J.L.; Jiménez, S.; Valbuena, J. (1996). "Sobre la presencia de un cocodrilo fósil (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia: Goniopholis sp.) en la cuenca de Cameros (Cretácico inferior: Vadillos-San Román de Cameros, La Rioja)". Zubía. 14: 113–120.
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- S2CID 90379747.
- ISBN 9780632051496.
