Compsosuchus

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iCompsosuchus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Ceratosauria
Superfamily: Abelisauroidea
Family: Abelisauridae
Genus: Compsosuchus
Species: C. solus
Binomial name
Compsosuchus solus
Matley & Von Huene, 1933

Compsosuchus (meaning "pretty crocodile") was a genus of abelisaurian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in Asia. Compsosuchus was described in 1933 by von Huene and Matley. The type species is C. solus. The genus is often considered nomen dubium.

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