Thoracosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Early Paleocene |
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Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
Genus: | Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852 |
Species | |
Thoracosaurus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian which existed during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene.[1] It contains the species Thoracosaurus neocesariensis in North America [2] and Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus in Europe. A number of species have been referred to this genus, but most are dubious.[1]