Trialestes

Taxobox
name = "Trialestes"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
subordo = Sphenosuchia
genus = "Trialestes"
genus_authority=Bonaparte, 1982
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. romeri" Bonaparte, 1982 (type)

"Trialestes" is an extinct genus of Late Triassic crocodylomorph that lived in South America. It has been classified as a dinosaur in the past due it being adapted as a terrestrial, running carnivore. It is classified in Sphenosuchia, which were early relatives of crocodilians.

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/Unit290/290.100.html#Trialestidae Trialestidae] at Palaeos
* [http://www.angellis.net/Web/DFG-rep/Trialestes.htm Illustration of "Trialestes"]