Phytosaurus
| Phytosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Phytosauria |
| Family: | Phytosauridae |
| Genus: | †Phytosaurus Jaeger, 1828 |
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Phytosaurus is a dubious genus of phytosaur (an extinct group of superficially crocodile-like archosaurs),[1] and also the first phytosaur to be described, by G. Jaeger in 1828. It had a crocodile-like body structure, but its nostrils were on its forehead, not the tip of its snout. The name Phytosaurus means "plant lizard" (though it is now known to have been a carnivore), and the type species is P. cylindricodon.
References
- ↑ Lydekker, Richard. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. Elibron.com. p. 124. ISBN 0-543-95654-7.
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