Kayentasuchus
| Kayentasuchus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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| Skeletal diagram of ππ’πΊπ¦π―π΅π’π΄πΆπ€π©πΆπ΄ πΈπ’ππ¬π¦π³πͺ, preserved bones in white | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Genus: | β Kayentasuchus Clark and Sues, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| β K. walkeri Clark and Sues, 2002
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Kayentasuchus (meaning "Kayenta Formation crocodile") is a genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It is known from a single skeleton found in rocks of the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation, northeastern Arizona.