Agaresuchus

Agaresuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian,
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Holotype skull of Agaresuchus subjuniperus
Scientific classification
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
Type species
Agaresuchus fontisensis
Narváez et al., 2016
Species
  • Agaresuchus fontisensis Narváez et al., 2016
  • Agaresuchus subjuniperus (Puértolas et al., 2013)

Agaresuchus is an extinct genus of allodaposuchid eusuchian crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Spain. It includes two species, the type species Agaresuchus fontisensis, and Agaresuchus subjuniperus, which was originally named as a species of the related genus Allodaposuchus. However, it has been proposed that both species may instead belong to the genus Allodaposuchus.

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