Rileyasuchus

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iRileyasuchus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder:  ?Theropoda
Infraorder:  ?Herrerasauria
Family:  ?Herrerasauridae
Genus: Rileyasuchus
Species: R. bristolensis
Binomial name
Rileyasuchus bristolensis
Howard, 1888

Rileyasuchus (meaning "Riley’s crocodile") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Triassic. It was a primitive dinosaur, possibly related to Herrerasaurus, which lived in Europe. The type species, Rileyasuchus bristolensis, was first described by Howard, 1888, at that time being called Rileya. This name was already preoccupied, and the dinosaur has since been renamed Rileyasuchus.

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