Ornithosuchus

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Ornithosuchus
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Crurotarsi
Family: Ornithosuchidae
Genus: Ornithosuchus
Species
  • O. longidens (type)

Ornithosuchus was a Late Triassic crurotarsan. Originally it was thought to be the ancestor to the carnosaur dinosaurs (which then included Tyrannosaurus), however now it is known to be more closely related to crocodilians than dinosaurs.

[edit] Species

A single species of Ornithosuchus has been described, the type species, O. longidens from the Late Triassic of Scotland.

[edit] Closely related species

Ornithosuchus is the type genus of Ornithosuchidae, a family of faculatively biped carnivores that were geographicaly widespread during the Late Triassic. Two other genera are currently known, Venaticosuchus and Riojasuchus.

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