Calyptosuchus
Calyptosuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Aetosauria |
Family: | Stagonolepididae |
Genus: | Calyptosuchus Long & Ballew 1985 |
Calyptosuchus (meaning "covered crocodile") is an extinct genus of crurotarsan from the Late Triassic of North America. As an aetosaur, it was heavily armored and had a pig-like snout used to uproot plants. The genus might be a junior synonym of Stagonolepis.
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