Hassiacosuchus is an extinct genus of small alligatorid from the early EoceneofGermany, found at the Messel pit. It was named in 1935 by K. Weitzel, and the type speciesisH. haupti.[2] A second species, H. kayi, was named in 1941 by C.C. Mook for material from the Bridgerian (early Eocene) of Wyoming,[3] but was reassigned to Procaimanoidea in 1967 by Wassersug and Hecht.[4] Hassiacosuchus may be the same as Allognathosuchus; Christopher Brochu has recommended continuing to use Hassiacosuchus.[5]
Hassiacosuchus
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Fossil, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Alligatoridae |
Subfamily: | Alligatorinae |
Genus: | †Hassiacosuchus Weitzel, 1935 |
Type species | |
†Hassiacosuchus haupti Weitzel, 1935 |
The cladogram below from the 2020 Cossette & Brochu study shows the placement of Hassiacosuchus within Alligatoridae:[6]
Alligatoroidea |
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(stem-based group) |
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