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Heptasuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heptasuchus is an extinct genus of loricatan pseudosuchian known from the Middle or Late Triassic upper Chugwater Group of Wyoming, United States.[1] It contains a single species, Heptasuchus clarki, the first formally recognized "rauisuchian" or loricatan pseudosuchian from North America.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Loricata |
Genus: | †Heptasuchus Dawley et al., 1979 |
Type species | |
†Heptasuchus clarki Dawley et al., 1979 |
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