Trialestes

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Trialestes
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Sphenosuchia
Genus: Trialestes
Bonaparte, 1982
Species
  • T. romeri Bonaparte, 1982 (type)

Trialestes is an extinct genus of Late Triassic crocodylomorph that lived in South America. It has been classified as a dinosaur in the past due it being adapted as a terrestrial, running carnivore. It is classified in Sphenosuchia, which were early relatives of crocodilians.

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