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''Guarinisuchus'' is an
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Dyrosaurids Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Paleocene crocodylomorphs Paleocene reptiles of South America Tiupampan Peligran Paleogene Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 2008 Taxa named by Alexander Kellner {{paleo-archosaur-stub
''Guarinisuchus'' is an extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of marine crocodyliform from the Early Paleocene 62 million years ago of the Maria Farinha Formation
The Maria Farinha Formation is a geological formation of the Parnaíba Basin in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil whose strata date back to the Danian stage of the Paleocene, or Tiupampan in the SALMA classification.
The formation comprising limest ...
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.org The type species is ''G. munizi''. It was a dominant predator in its environment, and probably reached a length of . ''Guarinisuchus'' appears to be closely related to marine crocodylomorphs found in Africa, which supports the hypothesis that the group originated in Africa and migrated to South America before spreading into the waters off the North American coast./ref>
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*Dyrosaurids Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Paleocene crocodylomorphs Paleocene reptiles of South America Tiupampan Peligran Paleogene Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 2008 Taxa named by Alexander Kellner {{paleo-archosaur-stub