Batrachotomus

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Batrachotomus
Fossil range: Middle Triassic
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked) Crurotarsi
Order: Rauisuchia
Genus: Batrachotomus
Gower, 1999
Species
  • B. kupferzellensis Gower, 1999 (type)

Batrachotomus (meaning "frog slicer") is an extinct genus of rauisuchian, a group of predatory and large Triassic archosaurs. It was an early relative of Postosuchus and lived in the Middle Triassic of Germany, about 236-230 million years ago.