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LAGOSUCHUS
(lah-go-su-kus)
meaning: "Rabbit crocodile"
Lagosuchus
Named By: A. S. Romer in 1971
Time Period: Middle Triassic, 236-234 Ma
Location: Argentina - Chanares Formation
Size: Roughly about 30 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skeletal remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauromorpha | Lagosuchia |
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Lagosuchus is a genus of small archosaur from the middle Triassic period. It is generally thought to be closely related to dinosaurs, as a member of the Dinosauromorpha. Its fossils were found in the Chanares Formation of Argentina, dating to the Middle Triassic (Ladinian age), about 230 million years ago.

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