Zatomus

Taxobox
name = "Zatomus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
unranked_ordo = Crurotarsi
ordo = Rauisuchia
familia = unknown
genus = "Zatomus"
genus_authority = Cope, 1871
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Z. sarcophagus" Cope, 1871 (type)

"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.Cope, E.D. (1871). "Observations on the distribution of certain extinct Vertebrata in NorthCarolina". "Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc." 12: pp. 210-216]

References

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5c9a7bd.htm "Zatomus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia]