''Barberenasuchus'' is an extinct genus of an Archosauriformes, archosauriform. Fossils (poorly preserved skull and axis vertebra)
have been found from the Santa Maria Formation of southern Brazil of Late Triassic age. Its phylogenetic position within Archosauriformes is uncertain; the author of its description classified it as a Sphenosuchidae, sphenosuchid Crocodylomorpha, crocodylomorph,
[Mattar, L.C.B. 1987. Descrição osteólogica do crânio e segunda vértebrata cervical de Barberenasuchus brasiliensis Mattar, 1987 (Reptilia, Thecodontia) do Mesotriássico do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Anais, Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 61: 319–333.] while Kischlat (2000) considered it to be a rauisuchian.
Irmis, Nesbitt and Sues (2013) stated that they "could not find any crocodylomorph character states preserved in the holotype specimen". Based on the presence of an antorbital fenestra the authors assigned ''Barberenasuchus'' to Archosauriformes, but stated that without further preparation and study it is not possible to assign it to any specific archosauriform group.
It is named in honor of Mário Costa Barberena.
References
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UFRGSCiência Hoje.BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE CROCODYLIA
Late Triassic reptiles of South America
Triassic Brazil
Fossils of Brazil
Santa Maria Formation
Fossil taxa described in 1987
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