Tilemsisuchus
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| Tilemsisuchus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Dyrosauridae |
| Genus: | †Tilemsisuchus Buffetaut, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| †Tilemsisuchus lavocati Buffetaut, 1979 | |
Tilemsisuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed in what is now Mali during the Eocene period. It was first named by Eric Buffetaut in 1979[1] and contains the species Tilemsisuchus lavocati.[2]