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Kuruxuchampsa

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Kuruxuchampsa
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: Proterochampsia
Family: Proterochampsidae
Genus: Kuruxuchampsa
Species:
K. dornellesi
Binomial name
Kuruxuchampsa dornellesi
Paes-Noto et al., 2023

Kuruxuchampsa is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile from the Late Triassic-aged Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It contains a single species, K. dornellesi.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Paes‐Neto, D.; Lacerda, M. B.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Raugust, T.; Trotteyn, M. J.; Soares, M. B.; Schultz, C. L.; Pretto, F. A.; Francischini, H.; Martinelli, A. G. (2023). "New rhadinosuchine proterochampsids from the late Middle‐early Late Triassic of southern Brazil enhance the diversity of archosauriforms". The Anatomical Record. 307 (4): 851–889. doi:10.1002/ar.25294. PMID 37589539. S2CID 260954434.