Riojasuchus
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| Riojasuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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| Riojasuchus tenuiceps | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Branch: | Pseudosuchia |
| Family: | †Ornithosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Riojasuchus Bonaparte, 1969 |
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Riojasuchus is an extinct genus of quadrupedal crurotarsan archosaur. Riojasuchus is a member of Ornithosuchidae, a family of facultatively bipedal carnivores that were geographically widespread during the Late Triassic. Two other genera, Ornithosuchus and Venaticosuchus, are currently known.
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