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Bayomesasuchus, new peirosaurid crocodyliform from Upper Cretaceous of Argentina
Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com
A recent online paper:
Francisco Barrios, Ariana Paulina-Carabajal & Paula Bona (2015)
A new peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper
Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina .
Ameghiniana (preprint)
doi: 10.5710/AMGH.03.09.2015.2903
http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1039
Peirosaurids constitute a group of Gondwanan Cretaceous continental
crocodyliforms. Two species are known for the Neuquén Group,
Argentina: Lomasuchus palpebrosus Gasparini et al. (Portezuelo
Formation, Late Turonian–Early Coniacian) and Gasparinisuchus
peirosauroides Martinelli et al. (Bajo de la Carpa and Anacleto
formations, Santonian and Early Campanian, respectively). Here, we
describe the first peirosaurid from the Cerro Lisandro Formation,
Bayomesasuchus hernandezi gen. et sp. nov. The material corresponds to
a fragmentary skull and mandible. Although fragmentary, this is the
most complete crocodyliform specimen recorded for the Cerro Lisandro
Formation. In a phylogenetic analysis Bayomesasuchus is depicted in a
polytomy together with South American peirosaurids and the African
form Hamadasuchus rebouli