Paleorhinus

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Paleorhinus
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked) Archosauria
Order: Phytosauria
Family: Phytosauridae
Genus: Paleorhinus
Williston, 1904
Species

Paleorhinus bransomi
Paleorhinus fraasi
Paleorhinus ehlersi

Paleorhinus was a genus of several small crocodile-like semi-aquatic animals that lived in the Late Triassic, specifically the earlier Late Carnian period. The reptiles lived throughout Europe, North America, and North Africa. This genus usually also includes the more appropriately named Parasuchus, which lived in India.