Simoedosaurus

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iSimoedosaurus
Fossil range: Paleocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Choristodera
Family: Simoedosauridae
Genus: Simoedosaurus
Species
  •  ?S. dakotensis

Simoedosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile.

The crocodile-like Simoedosaurus, related to the better-known Champsosaurus, was a semi-aquatic creature that probably hunted like crocodiles, plucking drinking animals from the shore. It had a long skull with powerful jaws lined with cone-shaped teeth. The teeth also had a small crest at the back and the front, unlike those of a crocodile. Simoedosaurus also had small teeth in the roof of the mouth.

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