Phytosaurus

Phytosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Phytosauria
Family: Phytosauridae
Genus: Phytosaurus
Jaeger, 1828
Species
  • P. cylindricodon Jaeger, 1828(type)
  • P. cubicodon Jaeger, 1828

Phytosaurus is a dubious genus of ?phytosaur (an extinct group of superficially crocodile-like archosaurs),[1] and also the first phytosaur to be described, by G. Jaeger in 1828. The name Phytosaurus means "plant lizard" (though it is now known to have been a carnivore), and the type species is P. cylindricodon.

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