Zanclodon

Zanclodon; Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Clade:	Archosauria
Genus:	†Zanclodon; Plieninger, 1847
Type species
	†Zanclodon laevis; (Plieninger, 1846)
Synonyms
	Plateosaurus plieningeri (Fraas, 1896); Smilodon laevis Plieninger, 1846 (preoccupied); Zanclodon plieningeri Fraas, 1896;

Zanclodon ("scythe tooth") is an extinct genus of archosauriform from the Erfurt Formation in southern Germany. It was once a wastebasket taxon until a taxonomic revision by Schoch (2011) left only the paratype (SMNS 6045) within Zanclodon laevis proper. The type species is Z. laevis.

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