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Aetosauriformes
Extinct clade of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aetosauriformes is an extinct clade of early-diverging pseudosuchians (the group of archosaurs that contains modern crocodylians and their stem group relatives). It includes the aetosaurs, a group of heavily armoured and at least partially herbivorous pseudosuchians, as well as the closely related genera Acaenasuchus, Euscolosuchus and Revueltosaurus.[1]
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Aetosauriforms | |
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Life restoration and size diagram of Desmatosuchus spurensis, an aetosaur. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Suchia |
Clade: | †Aetosauriformes Parker et al., 2021 |
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