Dyrosaurus
Sign in to saveDyrosaurus is a genus of extinct crocodylomorph that lived during the Early Eocene. The name Dyrosaurus comes from () the Greek for lizard or reptile, and Dyr for Djebel Dyr (mountain) close to where the type species was discovered. It was a large reptile with an estimated body length of .
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- Parent taxon
- Dyrosauridae
- Image
- Dyrosaurus BW.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dyrosaurus
- taxon name
- Dyrosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 56000000-0
- end time
- 47000000-0
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Il dirosauro (gen. Dyrosaurus) è un rettile estinto, imparentato con i coccodrilli. Visse nell'Eocene inferiore (Ypresiano, circa 55 - 48 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Africa.
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