Saurosuchus
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Saurosuchus ("lizard crocodile") was a huge extinct crocodile-like pseudosuchian archosaur.[1]
Quick Facts Saurosuchus Temporal range: Upper Triassic 231.4 mya, Scientific classification ...
Saurosuchus Temporal range: Upper Triassic 231.4 mya | |
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Mounted skeleton of Saurosuchus galilei in Mori Arts Center Gallery, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Paracrocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Loricata |
Family: | †Prestosuchidae |
Genus: | †Saurosuchus Reig, 1959 |
Species: | †S. galilei |
Binomial name | |
Saurosuchus galilei Reig, 1959 | |
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It lived in South America during the Upper Triassic period. It was a heavy, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal carnivore. Probably it was the apex predator in its territory (the Ischigualasto Formation.[2]