| Protosuchidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Late Cretaceous |
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| life restoration of Protosuchus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| informal group: | †Protosuchia |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae Brown, 1934 |
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Protosuchidae was a family of crocodylmorph reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods.
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Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.[1]
Protosuchids were carnivores.[1]
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