Erythrosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erythrosuchus (from Greek: ἐρυθρός eruthrós, 'red' and Greek: σοῦχος soukhos, 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles from the Triassic of South Africa.[1] Remains have been found from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group in the Karoo of South Africa.[2]
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Erythrosuchus | |
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Skull of Erythrosuchus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Crocopoda |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Family: | †Erythrosuchidae |
Genus: | †Erythrosuchus Broom, 1905 |
Type species | |
Erythrosuchus africanus Broom, 1905 |
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In the Late Triassic, the ecological niche left by Erythrosuchus was filled by archosaurs including Saurosuchus and Postosuchus.