Genus
Valid Extinct

Sulcusuchus

Gasparini and Spalletti 1990

Sulcusuchus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian of Argentina.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Sulcusuchus
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Life reconstruction of Sulcusuchus erraini © Connor Ashbridge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Polycotylidae Family
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Sulcusuchus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
4
Geological formations
La Colonia
3
Los Alamitos
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sulcusuchus erraini 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Gasparini and L. A. Spalletti. 1990. Un nuevo cocodrilo en los depósitos mareales Maastrichtianos de la Patagonia noroccidental. Ameghiniana 27(1-2):141-150
Bibliography (3)
D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project).
Z. Gasparini, J. Sterli, and A. Parras, J. P. O.'Gorman, L. Salgado, J. Varela, D. Pol. 2015. Late Cretaceous reptilian biota of the La Colonia Formation, central Patagonia, Argentina: occurrences, preservation and paleoenvironments. Cretaceous Research 54:154-168 DOI ↗
Z. Gasparini and L. A. Spalletti. 1990. Un nuevo cocodrilo en los depósitos mareales Maastrichtianos de la Patagonia noroccidental. Ameghiniana 27(1-2):141-150