| Carnufex Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Genus: | †Carnufex Zanno et al., 2015 |
| Species: | †C. carolinensis
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| †Carnufex carolinensis Zanno et al., 2015
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Carnufex is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph suchian from the Late Triassic of North America. The genus was first described in 2015 by Zanno et al., who named the binomial Carnufex carolinensis, meaning "Carolina butcher".[1] Two specimens are known, the holotype skull and skeleton NCSM 21558, and the referred humerus NCSM 21623.[2] The specimens are from the Carnian-age Pekin Formation, which dates to 231 million years ago. Based on the holotype, Carnufex would have been about 3 m (9.8 ft) long and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall,[3] although it may have gotten larger due to the holotype not being fully grown.
- ^ Zanno LE, Drymala S, Nesbitt SJ, Schneider VP (March 2015). "Early crocodylomorph increases top tier predator diversity during rise of dinosaurs". Scientific Reports. 5: 9276. Bibcode:2015NatSR...5E9276Z. doi:10.1038/srep09276. PMC 4365386. PMID 25787306.
- ^ Drymala SM, Zanno LE (June 2016). "Osteology of Carnufex carolinensis (Archosauria: Psuedosuchia) from the Pekin Formation of North Carolina and Its Implications for Early Crocodylomorph Evolution". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0157528. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157528D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157528. PMC 4909254. PMID 27304665.
- ^ "Revealed: the terrifying 9ft-long crocodile that walked upright". The Guardian. 20 March 2015.