Aegyptosuchus

Aegyptosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Cenomanian, 100.5–93.9 Ma
Skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Aegyptosuchidae
Genus: Aegyptosuchus
Stromer, 1933
Type species
Aegyptosuchus peyeri
Stromer, 1933
Aegyptosuchus (A) compared with Aegisuchus

Aegyptosuchus ("Egyptian crocodile") is an extinct monospecific genus of aegyptosuchid eusuchian crocodyliform. It was found in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt, which dates back to the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous. The type and only species is Aegyptosuchus peyeri.

Aegyptosuchus is a member of the family Aegyptosuchidae, along with the genus Aegisuchus. Aegyptosuchidae belongs to the clade Eusuchia, and is proposed to be the sister clade to the crown group Crocodylia, which contains all extant (living) crocodilians. The phylogeny can be shown in the cladogram below:

Neosuchia

Theriosuchus

Goniopholis

Bernissartia

Eusuchia

Isisfordia

Hylaeochampsa

Crocodylia

Gavialoidea

Borealosuchus

Leidyosuchus

Crocodyloidea

Alligatoroidea

Aegyptosuchidae

Aegyptosuchus

Aegisuchus



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