Thoracosaurus

Thoracosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Early Paleocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Genus:	†Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852
Species
†T. neocesariensis (de Kay, 1842 [originally Gavialis neocesariensis]) (type) †T. macrorhynchus †T. scanicus

Thoracosaurus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodilian which existed during the Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene. It contains the species Thoracosaurus neocesariensis in North America and Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus in Europe. A number of species have been referred to this genus, but most are dubious.

Thoracosaurus scanicus was a fairly large gavialoid, with a length of more than 4.4 m (14.4 ft) and a 55 cm skull.

Thoracosaurus sp. teeth at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen