Zatomus Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Infraclass: | Archosauromorpha |
(unranked): | Crurotarsi |
Order: | Rauisuchia |
Family: | unknown |
Genus: |
Zatomus Cope, 1871 |
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Zatomus was a genus of rauisuchian from the Late Triassic. It lived in what is now present-day North Carolina. It is classified as a rauisuchian, a type of large carnivorous thecodontian archosaur, and was once thought to be a dinosaur.