| Itasuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Itasuchus Price, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| †Itasuchus jesuinoi Price, 1955 | |
Itasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Fossils of the type species I. jesuinoi, first described in 1955 by Llewellyn Ivor Price, have been found from the Serra da Galga Formation (Maastrichtian age) in Uberaba, Brazil.
It is known from a 370 mm skull, suggesting a total length of about 3 m (10 ft).
References
- ^ Price, L. I. (1955). "Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Bauru. Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 27: 487–498.
- "croco metasuchia". paleopedia.free.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08.
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