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Chimaerasuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous  | 
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| Chimaerasuchus paradoxus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Family: | †Chimaerasuchidae | 
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†Chimaerasuchus Wu et al., 1995  | 
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†C. paradoxus Wu et al., 1995  | 
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Chimaerasuchus ("chimera crocodile") is an extinct genus of Chinese crocodyliform from the Early Cretaceous. The four teeth in the very tip of its short snout gave it a "bucktoothed" appearance. Due its multicusped teeth and marked heterodonty, it is believed to have been an herbivore.