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Zatomus

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Zatomus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Infraclass:
Archosauromorpha
(unranked):
Crurotarsi
Order:
Rauisuchia
Family:
unknown
Genus:
Zatomus

Cope, 1871
Species
  • Z. sarcophagus Cope, 1871 (type)

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

  1. ^ 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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