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Paleorhinus
Fossil range: Late Triassic

Life restoration of Paleorhinus arenaceus.
Scientific classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Sauropsida

(Unranked) :

Archosauria

Order:

Phytosauria

Family:

Phytosauridae

Genus:

Paleorhinus
Williston, 1904

Species:

  • P. bransomi
  • P. fraasi
  • P. ehlersi
  • P. arenaceus

Paleorhinus was a genus of small phytosaur, a large order of semi-aquatic, crocodile-like animals that lived in the Late Triassic, specifically the earlier Late Carnian period. The reptiles lived throughout Europe, North America, and North Africa. This genus usually also includes the more appropriately named Parasuchus, which lived in India.

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