Riojasuchus

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Riojasuchus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Riojasuchus tenuiceps
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Branch: Pseudosuchia
Family: Ornithosuchidae
Genus: Riojasuchus
Bonaparte, 1969
Species
  • R. tenuisceps Bonaparte, 1969 (type)

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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