Pinacosuchus

Not to be confused with Pinacosaurus.

Pinacosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Crocodylomorpha
Genus:
†Pinacosuchus

Gilmore, 1942
Species
  • †P. mantiensis Gilmore, 1942 (type)

Pinacosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph. Fossils attributed to the genus have been reported from the Late Cretaceous North Horn Formation of Utah (United States). Pinacosuchus has been described as a small-bodied crocodylomorph with spiky dermal armor, but it is known only from limited remains.

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