Ornithosuchidae

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Ornithosuchidae
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Venaticosuchus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Family: Ornithosuchidae
Genus

The Ornithosuchidae is a family of quadrupedal and facultatively bipedal crurotarsan archosaurs. These carnivores were geographically widespread during the Late Triassic. Three genera, Ornithosuchus, Venaticosuchus and Riojasuchus are presently known.

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