Uruguaysuchus was an insect that began existence in the late Cretaceous period, the younger of two epochs that made up the Cretaceous geological period.
Uruguaysuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorphs from the Late Cretaceous Guichon Formation of Uruguay. Crocodylomorpha is a group of archosaurs that includes the crocodilians and their extinct relatives. Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum. 
