Zatomus
Zatomus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
(unranked): | Crurotarsi |
Order: | Rauisuchia |
Family: | unknown |
Genus: | Zatomus Cope, 1871 |
Species | |
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Zatomus was a genus of rauisuchian from the Late Triassic. It lived in what is now North Carolina. It is classified as a rauisuchian, a type of large carnivorous thecodontian archosaur, and was once thought to be a dinosaur.[1]
References
- ↑ Cope, E.D. (1871). "Observations on the distribution of certain extinct Vertebrata in North Carolina". Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12: pp. 210-216
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