| Mekosuchus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Clade: | †Mekosuchinae |
| Genus: | †Mekosuchus |
| Type species | |
| †Mekosuchus inexpectatus | |
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†M. inexpectatus | |
Mekosuchus is a genus of extinct crocodiles within the clade Mekosuchinae. It was small in size and terrestrial, making them the last surviving group of fully terrestrial crocodilians,. It lived from the Oligocene to the Holocene, where it went extinct. It was closely related to other mekosuchines like Quinkana and Trilophosuchus.