Charactosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charactosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodilian. It was assigned to the family Crocodylidae in 1988.[1] Specimens have been found in Colombia, Brazil, Jamaica, and possibly Florida and South Carolina. It was gharial-like in appearance with its long narrow snout but bore no relation to them, being more closely related to modern crocodiles than to gharials.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Family: | Crocodylidae |
Genus: | †Charactosuchus Langston, 1965 |
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