Thoracosaurus

Thoracosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Early Paleocene,
Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus skull and jaws from the Paleocene (Danian) of Sweden
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Eusuchia
Genus: †Thoracosaurus
Leidy, 1852
Species
  • †Thoracosaurus neocesariensis (de Kay, 1842 [originally Gavialis neocesariensis]) (type)
  • †Thoracosaurus isorhynchus (Pomel, 1847)
  • †Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus (de Blainville, 1855)

Thoracosaurus (chest lizard) is an extinct genus of long-snouted eusuchian which existed during the Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene in North America and Europe.

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