Calyptosuchus

Calyptosuchus; Temporal range: Late Triassic, mid Norian, ~219 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Order:	†Aetosauria
Family:	†Stagonolepididae
Genus:	†Calyptosuchus; Long & Ballew, 1985
Type species
	†Calyptosuchus wellesi; Long & Ballew ,1985

Calyptosuchus (meaning "covered crocodile") is an extinct genus of aetosaur from the Late Triassic of North America. Like other aetosaurs, it was heavily armored and had a pig-like snout used to uproot plants.^[1]

^ Parker, William G. (2018-02-02). "Redescription of Calyptosuchus (Stagonolepis) wellesi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of the Southwestern United States with a discussion of genera in vertebrate paleontology". PeerJ. 6: e4291. doi:10.7717/peerj.4291. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5798403. PMID 29416953.

[:0-1] Parker, William G. (2018-02-02). "Redescription of Calyptosuchus (Stagonolepis) wellesi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of the Southwestern United States with a discussion of genera in vertebrate paleontology". PeerJ. 6: e4291. doi:10.7717/peerj.4291. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5798403. PMID 29416953.

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