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DESMATOSUCHUS
(dez-mat-oh-soo-kus)
meaning: "Link crocodile"
Desmatosuchus
Named By: Case in 1920
Time Period: Late Triassic, 228-210 Ma
Location: USA, Texas
Size: About 4.5 to 5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Numerous specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Aetosauria | Stagonolepididae | Desmatosuchinae |
Also known as: | Desmatosuchus chamaensis | Episcoposaurus haplocerus |
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Desmatosuchus (, from Greek desmos desmos 'link' + soukhos soukhos 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosaur belonging to the Order Aetosauria. It lived during the Late Triassic.

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