Aristosuchus
| Aristosuchus Temporal range: Barremian ~ | |
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| Holotype fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Compsognathidae |
| Genus: | †Aristosuchus Seeley, 1887 |
| Species: | †A. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aristosuchus pusillus (Owen, 1876) | |
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Aristosuchus is a genus of small coelurosaurian dinosaur whose name was derived from the Greek ἄριστος (meaning bravest, best, noblest) and σουχος (the Ancient Greek corruption of the name of the Egyptian crocodile-headed god Sobek). It shared many characteristics with birds.
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