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''Ticinosuchus'' is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic (Anisian - Ladinian) of Switzerland and Italy. One of only a handful of fossil reptiles that have been found in Switzerland, ''Ticinosuchus'' (meaning "Ticino river crocodile") was about long, and its whole body, even the belly, was covered in thick, armoured scutes. The structure of the hips shows that its legs were placed under the body almost vertically. Coupled with the development of a calcaneus and a specialized ankle joint, this would have made ''Ticinosuchus'' a fast runner, unlike most earlier reptiles. ''Ticinosuchus'' is thought to be very close to or possible even the same species that made the ''Cheirotherium'' trace fossils found in Germany. It too show a narrow track-way, similar to that of ''Tinicosuchus''. ==References== * Krebs, B. (1965). ''Ticinosuchus ferox'' nov. gen. nov. sp. Ein neuer Pseudosuchier aus der Trias des Monte San Giorgio. ''Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Paläontology, Abhandlungen'' 81: 1-140. * Sill, W.D. (1974). The anatomy of ''Saurosuchus galilei'' and the relationships of the rauisuchid thecodonts. ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology'' 146: 317-362. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ticinosuchus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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