Protosuchidae
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| Protosuchids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous | |
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| Life restoration of Protosuchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae Brown, 1934 |
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Protosuchidae was a family of crocodyliform reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods. They were closely related to the Gobiosuchidae.
Distribution[edit]
Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.[1]
Ecology[edit]
Protosuchids were carnivores. An unnamed species of protosuchids known only from teeth was an herbivore[citation needed].
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