Colhuehuapisuchus

Colhuehuapisuchus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Notosuchia
Clade: Sebecosuchia
Clade: Sebecia
Family: Peirosauridae
Genus: Colhuehuapisuchus
Lamanna et al. 2019
Species:
C. lunai
Binomial name
Colhuehuapisuchus lunai
Lamanna et al. 2019

Colhuehuapisuchus is an extinct genus of peirosaurid notosuchian known from the Late Cretaceous Lago Colhué Huapí Formation in Argentina. It contains a single species, Colhuehuapisuchus lunai. It is known from a single anterior end of a lower mandible. Its name comes from the formation its holotype was found, the Lago Colhué Huapí Formation along with the suffix -suchus, from Greek, which is often used as the suffix for crocodilians.