Adzhosuchus

Adzhosuchus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: †Shartegosuchidae
Genus: †Adzhosuchus
Efimov et al., 2000
Species
  • †A. fuscus Efimov et al., 2000 (type)

Adzhosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform in the family Shartegosuchidae. Fossils have been found from southwestern Mongolia that date back to the Late Jurassic period.[1]

References

  1. ^ Efimov, M. B., Gubin, Y. M. and Kurzanov, S. M. (2000). New primitive crocodile (Crocodylomorpha: Shartegosuchidae) from the Jurassic of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 34:238–241.


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