Mambachiton
| Mambachiton Temporal range: Middle/Late Triassic, | |
|---|---|
| Speculative life restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sauropsida |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Avemetatarsalia |
| Genus: | †Mambachiton Nesbitt et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †M. fiandohana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mambachiton fiandohana Nesbitt et al., 2023 | |
Mambachiton (meaning "crocodile armour") is an extinct genus of basal avemetatarsalian from the Middle/Upper Triassic Makay Formation (Isalo II beds) of Madagascar. The genus contains a single species, M. fiandohana, known from a partial skeleton with articulated osteoderms.