Protosuchidae

Protosuchidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous

life restoration of Protosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Informal group:	†Protosuchia
Family:	†Protosuchidae Brown, 1934

Protosuchidae was a family of crocodylmorph reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods.

Distribution

Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.^[1]

Protosuchids were carnivores.^[1]

Family Protosuchidae
- Dianosuchus
- Edentosuchus
- Hemiprotosuchus
- Protosuchus

Main article: Gobiosuchidae

Other basal crocodylomorphs

"Protosuchia"	Edentosuchus Hemiprotosuchus Neuquensuchus Orthosuchus ?Pedeticosaurus Protosuchus Shantungosuchus Sichuanosuchus Tagarosuchus Zosuchus

Gobiosuchidae	Gobiosuchus Zaraasuchus

Shartegosuchidae	Adzhosuchus Fruitachampsa Kyasuchus Nominosuchus Shartegosuchus

Hsisosuchidae	Hsisosuchus

Metasuchia	Notosuchia Neosuchia

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