Chimaerasuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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Chimaerasuchus paradoxus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Family: | †Chimaerasuchidae |
Genus: |
†Chimaerasuchus Wu et al., 1995 |
Type species | |
†C. paradoxus Wu et al., 1995 |
Chimaerasuchus ("chimera crocodile") is an extinct genus of Chinese crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous. The four teeth in the very tip of its short snout gave it a "bucktoothed" appearance. Due its multicusped teeth and marked heterodonty, it is believed to have been an herbivore.