Named By: | R. M. Dawley, J. M. Zawiskie & J. W. Cosgriff in 1979 |
Time Period: | Middle - Late Triassic, 238-230 Ma |
Location: | USA, Wyoming - Popo Agie Formation |
Size: | Skull estimated at about 65 centimetres long. Total length estimated at about 4.9-5.2 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and post cranial remains of about 50% of the animal. In total fossil remains of at least four individuals are known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Rauisuchia | Paracrocodylomorpha | Loricata | |
Heptasuchus is an extinct genus of loricatan pseudosuchian known from the Middle or Late Triassic upper Chugwater Group of Wyoming, United States. It contains a single species, Heptasuchus clarki, the first formally recognized "rauisuchian" or loricatan pseudosuchian from North America.