| Thoracosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Early Paleocene,
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| Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus skull and jaws from the Paleocene (Danian) of Sweden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
| Genus: | †Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852 |
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Thoracosaurus is an extinct genus of long-snouted eusuchian which existed during the Late Cretaceous and Early Paleocene in North America and Europe.
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