| Confractosuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Genus: | †Confractosuchus White et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †C. sauroktonos
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| †Confractosuchus sauroktonos White et al., 2022 (type)
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Confractosuchus is a genus of extinct eusuchian crocodyliform from the Cretaceous Winton Formation of Australia.[1] Described as a macro-generalist, Confractosuchus was found with the bones of a juvenile ornithopod dinosaur in its abdomen.[2] It currently contains a single species, Confractosuchus sauroktonos, which literally means "broken dinosaur killer."[3]
The discovery of Confractosuchus was announced by the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum on 11 February 2022, and was published in the journal Gondwana Research.[4] It is the second extinct eusuchian crocodyliform genus discovered from the Winton Formation, after Isisfordia that was discovered during the mid-1990s and named in 2006.[5][6]
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- ^ Haq, Sana Noor (2022-02-14). "Newly discovered crocodile species ate a young dinosaur for its last meal, scientists say". CNN. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ Hutton, Christopher (2022-02-14). "New species of prehistoric crocodile found with young dinosaur in stomach". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Ancient crocodile's last meal was a dinosaur" (PDF). www.australianageofdinosaurs.com. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Ancestor of all modern crocodilians discovered in outback Queensland". The University of Queensland. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ Salisbury, Steven W; Molnar, Ralph E; Frey, Eberhard; Willis, Paul M.A (2006). "The origin of modern crocodyliforms: new evidence from the Cretaceous of Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273 (1600): 2439–2448. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3613. PMC 1634899. PMID 16959633.