Desmatosuchus
| Desmatosuchus | |
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| A mounted Desmatosuchus replica skeleton on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Order: | †Aetosauria |
| Family: | †Stagonolepididae |
| Subfamily: | †Desmatosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Desmatosuchus Case, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| †Desmatosuchus spurensis Case, 1921
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Desmatosuchus (/dɛzmætoʊsuːkəs/, from Greek δεσμός desmos 'link' + σοῦχος soûkhos 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosaur belonging to the Order Aetosauria. It lived in North America and potentially India (cf. Desmatosuchus) during the Late Triassic.