Termatosaurus

Termatosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Teeth of T. albertii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked): Archosauria
Order: Phytosauria
Family: unknown
Genus: Termatosaurus
Meyer & Plieninger, 1844
Species
  • T. albertii Meyer & Plieninger, 1844 (type)
  • T. crocodilinus Quenstedt, 1858

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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