Batrachotomus
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Batrachotomus Fossil range: Middle Triassic |
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Batrachotomus kupferzellensis
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Batrachotomus (meaning "frog slicer") is an extinct genus of rauisuchian, a group of predatory and large Triassic archosaurs. It was an early relative of Postosuchus and lived in the Middle Triassic of Germany, about 236-230 million years ago.