Compsosaurus information

Compsosaurus; Temporal range: Late Triassic, 205.6–201.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	†Phytosauria
Family:	†Parasuchidae
Genus:	†Compsosaurus; Leidy, 1856
Type species
	†Compsosaurus priscus; Leidy, 1856
Synonyms
	Belodon priscus? Leidy, 1856;

Compsosaurus (meaning "elegant lizard"^[1]) is an extinct genus of phytosaur, a crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic. Its fossils have been found in North Carolina. The type species, Compsosaurus priscus, was named by American paleontologist Joseph Leidy in 1856,^[2] although other sources say 1857.^[3]^[4]^[5] Compsosaurus may have been the same animal as the related Belodon.

Only four teeth are known, discovered in the Carnian-Rhaetian-aged coal fields of Chatham County, North Carolina (probably Red Sandstone Formation) and the New Oxford Formation of Pennsylvania.^[6]

^ Phytosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide from Dinosauria.com
^ Leidy. J. (1856). Notice of some remains of extinct vertebrated animals. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163-165
^ Compsosaurus at GBIF.org
^ Rees, T. (compiler) (2020). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed 2020-03-24
^ GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-15.
^ Compsosaurus at Paleofile.org

[1] Phytosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide from Dinosauria.com

[2] Leidy. J. (1856). Notice of some remains of extinct vertebrated animals. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163-165

[3] Compsosaurus at GBIF.org

[4] Rees, T. (compiler) (2020). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed 2020-03-24

[5] GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-07-15.

[6] Compsosaurus at Paleofile.org

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