Riojasuchus

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Riojasuchus
Fossil range: Late Triassic
Riojasuchus tenuiceps
Riojasuchus tenuiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked) Crurotarsi
Family: Ornithosuchidae
Genus: Riojasuchus
Bonaparte, 1969
Species
  • R. tenuisceps Bonaparte, 1969 (type)

Riojasuchus is an extinct genus of quadrupedal crurotarsan archosaur.

[edit] Closely related species

Venaticosuchus is a member of Ornithosuchidae, a family of facultatively bipedal carnivores that were geographically widespread during the Late Triassic. Two other genera, Ornithosuchus and Venaticuchus, are currently known.

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