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Calyptosuchus

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Calyptosuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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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.