Dynamosuchus
Dynamosuchus is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian archosaurs from the family Ornithosuchidae. It is known from a single species, Dynamosuchus collisensis, which is based on a partial skeleton from the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. "Dynamosuchus" is considered a close relative of "Venaticosuchus", which is known from the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. Ornithosuchids are one of many groups which lived in the Santa Maria and Ischigualasto Formations, which formed at approximately the same time (the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic) and were ecologically similar. As a large scavenging reptile, "Dynamosuchus" helps to illuminate the trophic structure of the Santa Maria Formation. It also supports the hypothesis that ornithosuchids had diversified throughout South America by the start of the Carnian, and were not originally endemic to the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin.
Q123509
extinct
Concept
Q34740
genus
Concept
Q2742285
pseudosuchian
MISC
Q130910
archosaur
Concept
Q134276
Ornithosuchidae
Concept
Q1546703
Santa Maria Formation
LOC
Q155
Brazil
LOC
Q7919562
Venaticosuchus
Concept
Q17144019
Ischigualasto Formation
Concept
Q414
Argentina
LOC
Q911899
Carnian
TIME
Q917293
Late Triassic
TIME
Q172867
scavenging
Concept
Q1053008
trophic structure
Concept
Q18
South America
LOC
Q85770090
Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin
LOC
Q85758069
Dynamosuchus
MISC
Q85758069
Dynamosuchus
MISC
Q85758069
Dynamosuchus
MISC
Q85758069
Dynamosuchus
MISC
parent taxon
parent taxon
country
country
part of