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MYSTRIOSUCHUS
(miss-tree-oh-soo-kus)
meaning: "Spoon crocodile"
Mystriosuchus
Named By: Fraas in 1896
Time Period: Upper Triassic
Location: Germany, Italy
Size: 4 meters long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): At least two specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Archosauria | Phytosauria | Phytosauridae |
Also known as: | Belodon planirostris |
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Mystriosuchus (meaning "spoon-crocodile") is an extinct genus of phytosaur that lived in the Late Triassic (middle Norian) in Europe. It was first named by Eberhard Fraas in 1896, and includes two species: M. westphali and the type species, M. planirostris.

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