Orthosuchus

Orthosuchus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Informal group: Protosuchia
Genus: Orthosuchus
Nash, 1968
Species
  • O. stormbergi Nash, 1968 (type)

Orthosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Early Jurassic.[1]

References

  1. Pol D, Ji S, Clark JM, Chiappe LM. 2004. Basal crocodyliforms from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group (Xinjiang, China), and the phylogenetic position of Edentosuchus. Cretaceous Research 25(4): 603-622.
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