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 | |
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.