Dyrosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Dyrosaurus"

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image_caption = "Dyrosaurus"
image_width = 270px
fossil_range = Fossil range|55|40 Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Crurotarsi
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_familia = Neosuchia
familia = Dyrosauridae
genus = "Dyrosaurus"

"Dyrosaurus" was an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodilian from the Eocene of North Africa. The type species "D. phosphaticus" possessed slender jaws with numerous recurved teeth, indicative of a primarily fish diet (similar to the extant gharial).

References

*Buffetaut E. 1985. L'evolution des crocodiliens. Les animaux disparus-Pour la science, Paris, 109.