| Sajkanosuchus Temporal range: Middle Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Sajkanosuchus Efimov, 1984 |
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| †Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi Efimov, 1984
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Sajkanosuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of alligatorid crocodilian. It is known from the middle Eocene of eastern Kazakhstan.[1] Fossils have been found from the Zaysan Basin in clays that are referred to as the Obayla suite.[2] The type species is Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi, named in 1984.[3]
References
- ^ Kordikova, Elena. "Fossil and Living Amphibians and Reptiles of Kazakhstan". MultiMania.de. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ^ Klebanova, I.M. (1964). "A new occurrence of Eocene mammals in east Kazakhstan". International Geology Review. 6 (10): 1855–1857. Bibcode:1964IGRv....6.1855K. doi:10.1080/00206816409474051.
- ^ Efimov, M.B. (1984). Gabuniya (ed.). Flora and fauna of Zajsan Hollow. Tbilisi: Metsniereba. p. 72.
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