Prestosuchus

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Fossil range: Late Triassic
Prestosuchus
Prestosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Crurotarsi
Suborder: Rauisuchia
Family: Prestosuchidae
Genus: Prestosuchus

Prestosuchus is an extinct genus of a group of rauisuchians called prestosuchids. Like its prestosuchid cousins, Prestosuchus had a deep skull, serrated teeth. Prestosuchus lived in Brazil of the Late Triassic epoch. While it resembled a dinosaur in having a large body and upright posture it was actaully an archosaur, a close relative of dinosaurs.

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