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Hallopus
Fossil range: Late Jurassic

Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Sauropsida

Infraclass:

Archosauromorpha

Superorder:

Crocodylomorpha

Family:

?Sphenosuchidae

Genus:

Hallopus
Marsh, 1881

Species:

  • H. victor

Hallopus was a prehistoric reptile, classified by O. C. Marsh in 1881 as a dinosaur. In fact it was probably a crocodilian or possibly a more primitive crurotarsan, and may be closely related to Junggarsuchus [1].