Trialestes

Trialestes Fossil range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	Sphenosuchia
Genus:	Trialestes Bonaparte, 1982
Species:	T. romeri Bonaparte, 1982 (type)

Trialestes is an extinct genus of Late Triassic crocodylomorph that lived in South America. It has been classified as a dinosaur in the past due it being adapted as a terrestrial, running carnivore. It is classified in Sphenosuchia, which were early relatives of crocodilians.

External links Edit

• Trialestidae at Palaeos
• Illustration of Trialestes

Major groups of basal crocodylomorphs Crocodylomorpha Kingdom: Animalia  · Phylum: Chordata  · Class: Sauropsida  · Superorder: Crocodylomorpha Sphenosuchia Dromicosuchus  · Hallopus  · Hesperosuchus  · Junggarsuchus  · Kayentasuchus  · Litargosuchus  · Macelognathus  · Pedeticosaurus  · Phyllodontosuchus  · Saltoposuchus  · Sphenosuchus  · Terrestrisuchus  · Trialestes Protosuchia Edentosuchus  · Neuquensuchus  · Orthosuchus  · Protosuchus  · Sichuanosuchus  · Zosuchus Gobiosuchidae Gobiosuchus  · Zaraasuchus Hsisosuchidae Hsisosuchus Related articles Crurotarsi  · Mesoeucrocodylia Related categories Terrestrial crocodiles  · Triassic crocodylomorphs  · Jurassic crocodylomorphs  · Cretaceous crocodylomorphs