Protosuchidae
Extinct family of reptiles
Protosuchids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous Norian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Family: | †Protosuchidae Brown, 1934 |
Genera | |
Protosuchidae was a family of crocodyliform reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods. They were closely related to the Gobiosuchidae.
Distribution
Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.[1]
Ecology
Protosuchids were carnivores. An unnamed species of protosuchids known only from teeth was an herbivore[citation needed].
See also
References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database: Protosuchidae
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- See also: Rauisuchia
- Prestosuchidae
- Bathyotica
- Sphenosuchia
- Protosuchia
- Mesosuchia
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