Protosuchidae
| Protosuchidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae Brown, 1934 |
Protosuchidae was a family of crocodylmorph reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods.
Distribution
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]
Ecology
Protosuchids were carnivores.[1]
Genera
- Family Protosuchidae
Relatives
References
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Categories:
- Terrestrial crocodylomorphs
- Triassic crocodylomorpha
- Jurassic reptiles
- Cretaceous reptiles
- Late Triassic first appearances
- Rhaetian taxonomic families
- Hettangian taxonomic families
- Sinemurian taxonomic families
- Pliensbachian taxonomic families
- Toarcian taxonomic families
- Aalenian taxonomic families
- Bajocian taxonomic families
- Bathonian taxonomic families
- Callovian taxonomic families
- Oxfordian taxonomic families
- Kimmeridgian taxonomic families
- Tithonian taxonomic families
- Berriasian taxonomic families
- Early Cretaceous extinctions
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs