Ayllusuchus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early-Late Eocene (Casamayoran)
~{{fossil range|48}}

| taxon = Ayllusuchus

| authority = Gasparini, 1984

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • A. fernandezi Gasparini, 1984 (type)

}}

Ayllusuchus is an extinct genus of sebecid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina (Eocene age, Casamayoran).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=157955 Ayllusuchus] at Fossilworks.org{{cite journal | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0087:ANSCFT]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Turner | first1 = Alan H. | last2 = Calvo | first2 = Jorge O. | year = 2005 | title = A new sebecosuchian crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 25 | issue = 1| pages = 87–98 }}{{cite journal | last1 = Paolillo | first1 = Alfredo | last2 = Linares | first2 = Omar J. | year = 2007 | title = Nuevos cocodrilos Sebecosuchia del Cenozoico Suramericano (Mesosuchia: Crocodylia) | journal = Paleobiologia Neotropical | volume = 3 | pages = 1–25 }}

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