Calyptosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calyptosuchus (meaning "covered crocodile") is an extinct genus of aetosaur from the Late Triassic of North America. Like other aetosaurs, it was heavily armored and had a pig-like snout used to uproot plants.[1]
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Calyptosuchus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Order: | †Aetosauria |
Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
Genus: | †Calyptosuchus Long & Ballew, 1985 |
Type species | |
†Calyptosuchus wellesi Long & Ballew ,1985 |
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