Uruguaysuchus

Uruguaysuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Notosuchia
Family: Uruguaysuchidae
Genus: Uruguaysuchus
Rusconi, 1933
Type species
Uruguaysuchus aznarezi
Rusconi, 1933
Synonyms
  • Uruguaysuchus terrai Rusconi, 1933

Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliforms from the Late Cretaceous Guichón Formation of Uruguay. It was related to Simosuchus and Malawisuchus. It was of small to moderate size reaching an estimated length of 120 centimetres (3.9 ft).