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Zatomus

Zatomus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Informal group: †Rauisuchia
Genus: †Zatomus
Cope, 1871
Species
  • Z. sarcophagus Cope, 1871 (type)

Zatomus is an extinct genus of rauisuchian from the Late Triassic. Fossil remains have been found in North Carolina, United States. 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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