Carnufex
''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 nomenclature, binomial ''Carnufex carolinensis'', meaning "Carolina butcher". Two specimens are known, the holotype skull and skeleton NCSM 21558, and the referred humerus NCSM 21623. 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 long and tall, although it may have gotten larger due to the holotype not being fully grown. Discovery NCSM 21558 was discovered in a red Fluvial processes, fluvial Conglomerate (geology), conglomerate belonging to the mid-upper portion Pekin Formation of North Carolina, which formed in the Carnian age of the Late Triassic, around 231 million years ago. This specimen was described in a 2015 ''Scientific Reports'' article by Lindsay Zanno, Lindsay E. Zanno, Susan Drymal ...
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