Heptasuchus

Heptasuchus is an extinct genus of loricatan pseudosuchian known from the Middle or Late Triassic upper Chugwater Group of Wyoming, United States. It contains a single species, Heptasuchus clarki, the first formally recognized "rauisuchian" or loricatan pseudosuchian from North America.

Heptasuchus
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic,
Diagram of known skull elements
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Loricata
Genus: Heptasuchus
Dawley et al., 1979
Type species
Heptasuchus clarki
Dawley et al., 1979
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