Ornithosuchidae
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Ornithosuchidae Fossil range: Late Triassic |
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Ornithosuchidae is an extinct 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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