Desmatosuchus

Desmatosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian),
Desmatosuchus from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Order: Aetosauria
Family: Stagonolepididae
Subfamily: Desmatosuchinae
Genus: Desmatosuchus
Case, 1920
Type species
Desmatosuchus spurensis
Case, 1921
Species
  • D. spurensis Case, 1921
  • D. smalli Parker, 2005
Synonyms
  • Episcoposaurus haplocerus Cope, 1892
  • Desmatosuchus chamaensis

Desmatosuchus (/dɛzmætskəs/, from Greek δεσμός desmos 'link' + σοῦχος soûkhos 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosaur belonging to the Order Aetosauria. It lived during the Late Triassic.

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