†family Shuvosauridae Chatterjee 1993 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Shuvosauridae

Full reference: S. Chatterjee. 1993. Shuvosaurus, a new theropod: an unusual theropod dinosaur from the Triassic of Texas. National Geographic Research and Exploration 9(3):274-285

Parent taxon: Suchia according to M. T. Carrano 2025

See also Chatterjee 1993 and Nesbitt 2011

Sister taxa: Aetosauria, Crocodiliformes, Gracilisuchidae, Paracrocodylomorpha, Prestosuchidae, Rauisuchia, Rauisuchiformes, Teratosauridae, Ticinosuchus

Subtaxa: Effigia Shuvosaurus Sillosuchus

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Type: Shuvosaurus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (1 collection), United States (27: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas), Zambia (1)

Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences

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