Saurosuchus

Taxobox
name = "Saurosuchus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Rauisuchia
familia = Prestosuchidae
genus = "Saurosuchus"
genus_authority = Reig, 1959
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"S. galilei" Reig, 1959 (type)

"Saurosuchus" ('lizard crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosaur reptile belonging to the rauisuchian order. With a length of 7 m (23 ft), it was the largest member of the group, except perhaps for the less well known "Fasolasuchus". [ [http://www.palaeos.com/Mesozoic/Triassic/Rhaetian.2.html fasolasuchus] ] Like other rauisuchians, "Saurosuchus" walked on four fully erect limbs. It probably was able to rear on its hind legs for a short time. It probably attacked prey from an ambush. Some think it may have been large enough to prey on dinosaurs as large as the carnivorous "Herrerasaurus" and the smaller "Eoraptor". It lived in the Late Triassic of Argentina.

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