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CARYONOSUCHUS
(ca-ry-on-soo-kus)
meaning: "Protuberance crocodile"
Named By: A. W. A. Kellner, D. A. Campos, D. Riff & M. B. Andrade in 2011
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Brazil - Adamantina Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Front portion of a skull and lower jaws
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Notosuchia | Sphagesauridae |
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Caryonosuchus is an extinct genus of sphagesaurid notosuchian known from the Late Cretaceous of Sao Paulo State, southeastern Brazil.

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