Necrosuchus
| Necrosuchus | |
|---|---|
| Artist's restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Subfamily: | Caimaninae |
| Clade: | Jacarea |
| Genus: | †Necrosuchus Simpson, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †Necrosuchus ionensis Simpson, 1937 | |
Necrosuchus is an extinct genus of caiman from modern day Argentina that lived during the Paleocene epoch (Danian or possibly Selandian age, about 60 million years ago). It inhabited the marine or fluvio-lacustrine environment of the Patagonian Salamanca Formation.