Chasmatosaurus

Chasmatosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Chasmatosaurus"
fossil_range = Early Triassic


image_width = 250px
image_caption = life restoration of "Chasmatosaurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
familia = Proterosuchidae
genus = "Chasmatosaurus"
synonyms =
* "Proterosuchus"

"Chasmatosaurus" is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile that grew about 4 m (12 ft 8 in) long.Also called "Proterosuchus", "Chasmatosaurus" was a crocodile-like creature that probably hunted like its extant descendants, attacking drinking prey on the waterside. Its upper jaw arched down at the front, and the creature had teeth on its palate- a primitive trait. "Chasmatosaurus" had a cameo in "Walking With Monsters" attacking a herd of "Lystrosaurus". It is a possibility that "Chasmatosaurus" is an ancestor of crocodilians.


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