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Belodon
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thumb|250px|left|An outdated reconstruction of Belodon and Aetosaurus. The [[skull of Belodon is based on Nicrosaurus kapffi, and the carapace on Paratypothorax]]

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thumb|250px|left|An outdated reconstruction of Belodon and Aetosaurus. The [[skull of Belodon is based on Nicrosaurus kapffi, and the carapace on Paratypothorax]]

Belodon (meaning "arrow tooth") is a genus of phytosaur, a crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic. Its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and India. The type species, Belodon plieningeri, was named by prolific German paleontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1844.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belodon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.