Mesosuchus

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Mesosuchus
Fossil range: Early Triassic
Life restoration of Mesosuchus
Life restoration of Mesosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Order: Rhynchosauria
Genus: Mesosuchus
Watson, 1912
Species
  • M. browni Watson, 1912 (type)

Mesosuchus is an extinct genus of rhynchosaur from the Early Triassic of South Africa. The type species is M. browni.

[edit] Sources

  • In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues