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''Luciasuchus'' is an extinct genus of
dyrosaurid Dyrosauridae is a family (biology), family of extinct neosuchian crocodyliforms that lived from the Campanian to the Eocene. Dyrosaurid fossils are globally distributed, having been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. ...
crocodyliform Crocodyliformes is a clade of Crurotarsi, crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians". They are the first members of Crocodylomorpha to possess many of the features that define later relatives. They are the ...
known from the
Paleocene The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...
Santa Lucía Formation The Santa Lucía Formation is a Maastrichtian to Paleocene (Danian) geologic Formation (geology), formation in Bolivia. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the Cretaceous lower part of the formation.Weishampel, et al., 2004, pp.517-607 ...
of
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. It contains a single species, ''Luciasuchus lurusinqa.''


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Dyrosauridae Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Fossil taxa described in 2021 {{Paleo-archosaur-stub