Pseudolagosuchus
SOO-doh-lag-oh-SOO-kus /ˌsuːdoʊlæɡoʊˈsuːkəs/
Synonym of Lewisuchus
false rabbit crocodile
- pseudo · Greek · false
- lagos · Greek · hare, rabbit
- souchos · Greek · crocodile
The name means "false Lagosuchus". Arcucci chose it because the fossils resembled those of Lagosuchus, a small relative from the same rocks, but were judged to belong to a different animal. Lagosuchus itself means "rabbit crocodile".
- Named by
- Arcucci
- Year named
- 1987
- Period
- Middle Triassic
- Stage
- Ladinian
- Found in
- Chañares Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina
Pseudolagosuchus (type species P. major) is not a true dinosaur. It is a silesaurid-grade dinosauromorph, a close relative of dinosaurs. Recent work, including Desojo et al. 2020, treats it as a junior synonym of Lewisuchus admixtus (Romer, 1972). That synonymy is not universally accepted, so some authors still treat it as a separate genus.