Carnufex

Carnufex Temporal range: Late Triassic, 231 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Skeletal reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Genus:	†Carnufex Zanno et al., 2015
Species:	†C. carolinensis
Binomial name
†Carnufex carolinensis Zanno et al., 2015

Carnufex is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph suchian from the Late Triassic of North America. The genus was first described in 2015 by Zanno et al., who named the binomial Carnufex carolinensis, meaning "Carolina butcher".^[1] Two specimens are known, the holotype skull and skeleton NCSM 21558, and the referred humerus NCSM 21623.^[2] The specimens are from the Carnian-age Pekin Formation, which dates to 231 million years ago. Based on the holotype, Carnufex would have been about 3 m (9.8 ft) long and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall,^[3] although it may have gotten larger due to the holotype not being fully grown.