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Zatomus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Archosauromorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rauisuchia

Class
  
Sauropsida

Family
  
unknown

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Pterospondylus, Texasetes, Xuanhuaceratops, Plateosauravus, Palaeosaurus

Zatomus was a genus of rauisuchian from the Late Triassic. It lived in what is now present-day North Carolina. It is classified as a rauisuchian, a type of large carnivorous thecodontian archosaur, and was once thought to be a dinosaur.

References

Zatomus Wikipedia