Doratodon

Doratodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Mandible of D. carcharidens (A)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
Order:	Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder:	Notosuchia

Doratodon is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph that was once believed to be a dinosaur.

Species

The type species is D. carcharidens from the Late Cretaceous of Austria, whilst the second known species is D. ibericus from the Late Cretaceous of Spain.

References

• Company, J., Suberbiola, X.P., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I. & Buscalioni, A.D. (2005). A new species of Doratodon (Crocodyliformes: Ziphosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2): 343–353

External links

• http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Archosauria/Crocodylia/Crocodyliformes_2.htm