Hemiprotosuchus

Hemiprotosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform from the Late Triassic Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina, South America. It was named in 1969 by paleontologist José Bonaparte. The type species is H. leali.

History

Hemiprotosuchus was named by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte in 1969. The type species is H. leali. The fossils included a skull and jaws as well as some postcranial elements.
A 2009 cladistic analysis of protosuchids by paleontologist Eric Buffetaut et al. found that Hemiprotosuchus was the sister taxon of Protosuchus.