Syntomiprosopus
| Syntomiprosopus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian ~ | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Crocopoda |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Syntomiprosopus Heckert et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †S. sucherorum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Syntomiprosopus sucherorum Heckert et al., 2021 | |
Syntomiprosopus (meaning "short face") is an extinct genus of archosauriform, possibly a crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic period of Arizona. The type and only known species is S. sucherorum. Syntomiprosopus was unusually short-snouted, comparable to the Late Cretaceous notosuchian Simosuchus, and is regarded as an example of convergent evolution between Triassic stem-archosaurs and Cretaceous archosaurs.