Calyptosuchus

Calyptosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Aetosauria
Family: Stagonolepididae
Genus: Calyptosuchus
Long & Ballew 1985

Calyptosuchus (meaning "covered crocodile") is an extinct genus of crurotarsan from the Late Triassic of North America. As an aetosaur, it was heavily armored and had a pig-like snout used to uproot plants. The genus might be a junior synonym of Stagonolepis.