Termatosaurus
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| Termatosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Teeth of T. albertii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| (unranked): | Archosauria |
| Order: | Phytosauria |
| Family: | unknown |
| Genus: | Termatosaurus Meyer & Plieninger, 1844 |
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Termatosaurus ("end lizard", because it came from the end of the Upper Triassic) is a genus of phytosaur, an extinct crocodile-like aquatic animal, although twice it has been confused with dinosaurs (once accidentally). Its remains come from the Upper Triassic of Europe. Two species are known of this animal: the type species, Termatosaurus albertii, named by Meyer and T. Plieninger in 1844; and T. crocodilinus, by Quenstedt (1858). It is very obscure and apparently considered to be dubious.
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