Dromicosuchus

Dromicosuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Genus:	†Dromicosuchus Sues et al., 2003
Species:	†D. grallator
Binomial name
†Dromicosuchus grallator Sues et al., 2003

Dromicosuchus (Ancient Greek, meaning "fleet or quickly walking crocodile") is an extinct genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It was found in Upper Triassic rocks of North Carolina, United States, and is known from a nearly complete skull and partial skeleton. This specimen is unusual in that it was found beneath the skeleton of a larger rauisuchian (Postosuchus alisonae) and has apparent bite damage, suggesting that it was attacked by the larger carnivore before both died and were buried together.