| Sajkanosuchus Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 47.8–38.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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 |
| Type species | |
| †Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi Efimov, 1984 | |
Sajkanosuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of alligatorid crocodilian. It is known from the middle Eocene of eastern Kazakhstan. Fossils have been found from the Zaysan Basin in clays that are referred to as the Obayla suite. The type species is Sajkanosuchus ckhikvadzoi, named in 1984.
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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