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1. Phytosaurus
   (pronounced FIE-to-SAWR-us) Phytosaurus meaning plant lizards) was an extinct aquatic reptiles (not a dinosaur, but an early thecodont, a phytosaur) that resembled a crocodile but had nostrils near the eyes. Phytosaurus was not that closely related to crocodiles. This quadrupedal, armored carnivore (meat-eater) had many sharp teeth in a long snout, short legs and a long tail, and lived during the late Triassic period about 220 million years ago. It was up to 16 feet (5 m) long. Phytosaurus us kn…
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2. Phytosaurus
   `Phytosaurus` is a dubious genus of phytosaur (an extinct group of superficially crocodile-like archosaurs), and also the first phytosaur to be described, by G. Jaeger in 1828. It had a crocodile-like body structure, but its nostrils were on it's forehead, not the tip of its snout. The name `Phytosaurus` means `plant lizard` (though it is now known to have been a carnivore), and the type species is `P. cylindricodon`. Category:Phytosaurs
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3. Phytosaurus
   (from the article `phytosaur`) Phytosaur fossils occur in North America, Europe, and India, but their remains have not been found in the southern continents. Familiar genera ...
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4. Phytosaurus
   Phytosaurus “Plant lizard” from Late Triassic Europe. Named by Georg Friedrick von Jaeger in 1828.
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