| Mesosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Rhynchosauria |
| Genus: | †Mesosuchus Watson, 1912 |
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Mesosuchus ("middle crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) [1] deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is known from the holotype SAM 5882, a partial skeleton, and from the paratypes SAM 6046, SAM 6536, SAM 7416 and SAM 7701 from the Aliwal North Euparkeria site. Mesosuchus is quite small, spanning around 30 cm in length. Mesosuchus was discovered and named by D. M. S. Watson in 1912.
- ^ Butler, Richard (2015). "A New Species of Basal Rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the Early Evolution of Rhynchosauria". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (3): 571–88. doi:10.1111/zoj.12246. hdl:11449/167867.