Hesperosuchus

Taxobox
name = "Hesperosuchus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Hesperosuchus agilis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_familia = Sphenosuchia
familia = Sphenosuchidae
genus = "Hesperosuchus"
species = "H. agilis"
binomial = "Hesperosuchus agilis"

"Hesperosuchus" is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph reptile that contains a single species, "Hesperosuchus agilis". This animal formed a large part the diet of the dinosaur "Coelophysis", as shown by fossilized stomach contents Fact|date=August 2007. Remains of this sphenosuchian have been found in Late Triassic (Carnian faunal stage) deposits of Arizona and New Mexico.