Orthosuchus

Orthosuchus

Unikonta

Orthosuchus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
clade: Crocodyliformes
informal group: Protosuchia
Genus: Orthosuchus
Nash, 1968
Species
  • O. stormbergi Nash, 1968 (type)

Orthosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Early Jurassic.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pol D, Ji S, Clark JM, Chiappe LM. 2004. Basal crocodyliforms from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group (Xinjiang, China), and the phylogenetic position of Edentosuchus. Cretaceous Research 25(4): 603-622.