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ANTARCTOSUCHUS
(an-tark-to-soo-kus)
meaning: "Antarctic crocodile"
Named By: Christian A. Sidor, J. Sebastien Steyer & William R. Hammer in 2014
Time Period: Middle Triassic
Location: Antarctica - Fremouw Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Skull
Classification: | Chordata | Amphibia | Temnospondyli | Stereospondyli | Capitosauria | Mastodonsauroidea |
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Antarctosuchus is an extinct genus of capitosauroid temnospondyl known from the Middle Triassic upper Fremouw Formation in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It contains a single species, Antarctosuchus polyodon.

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