''Gualosuchus'' is an extinct genus of
proterochampsian
archosauriform
Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Latest Permian (roughly 252 million years ago). It was defined by Jacques Gauthier ...
from the
Middle Triassic
In the geologic timescale, the Middle Triassic is the second of three epochs of the Triassic period or the middle of three series in which the Triassic system is divided in chronostratigraphy. The Middle Triassic spans the time between Ma and ...
Chañares Formation
The Chañares Formation is a Carnian-age geologic formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, located in La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is characterized by drab-colored fine-grained volcaniclastic claystones, siltstones, and sandstones ...
of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. The
type and only species is ''Gualosuchus reigi'', named by paleontologist
Alfred Romer in 1971.
References
Proterochampsians
Middle Triassic reptiles of South America
Triassic Argentina
Fossils of Argentina
Chañares Formation
Fossil taxa described in 1971
Taxa named by Alfred Romer
Prehistoric reptile genera
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