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†unranked clade Protosuchia Mook 1934 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Alternative spelling: Protorosuchia

Parent taxon: Crocodyliformes according to A. A. Ruebenstahl et al. 2022

See also Brochu et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Efimov 1996, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Haughton and Brink 1954, Huene 1954, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Ortega et al. 2000, Roxo 1937, Walker 1970 and Wu and Sues 1996

Sister taxa: Crocodilus blavieri, Crocodilus provencialis, Entradasuchus, Gobiosuchidae, Karatausuchus, Kemkemia, Kemkemia auditorei, Krokolithidae, Lisboasaurus, Lisboasaurus estesi, Mesoeucrocodylia, Metasuchia, Microchampsa, Microchampsa scutata, Neuquensuchus, Platyognathus, Protosuchidae, Shartegosuchoidea

Subtaxa: Artzosuchidae Hadongsuchus Notochampsidae Stegomosuchidae Tagarosuchus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (8), South Korea (1)

• Jurassic of Lesotho (1), Mongolia (1), South Africa (4), Zimbabwe (1)

• Triassic of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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