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| 'Gracilisuchus' |
| Translation |
graceful crocodile |
| Type |
reptile, archosaur |
| Length |
1 ft (30 cm) |
| Movement |
quadruped/biped |
| Age |
230 million years ago |
| Diet |
carnivore |
| Distribution |
Argentina |
Gracilisuchus (meaning "gracile crocodile") is the name given to a tiny (30 cm long) genus of thecodont from the Triassic. It was a suchian close to the ancestry of crocodiles, and was originally thought to be a dinosaur, but this hypothesis has since been rejected. Its fossils were first discovered in the 1970s.
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