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Rauisuchids
Rauisuchidae is a group of large (up to ) predatory Triassic archosaurs. Some disagreement exists over which genera should be included in the Rauisuchidae and which should be in the related Prestosuchidae and Poposauridae, and indeed whether these should even be thought of as separate valid Family (biology), families. Rauisuchidae in the modern sense was defined by Sterling Nesbitt in 2011 as the most inclusive clade containing ''Rauisuchus tiradentes'', but not ''Prestosuchus chiniquensis'', ''Poposaurus gracilis'', or ''Crocodylus niloticus'' (the Nile crocodile). In this modern sense, rauisuchids are recovered as members of the clade Loricata, being the sister taxon of Crocodylomorpha (the group including living crocodilians), and being more derived than taxa such as ''Prestosuchus'' and ''Batrachotomus''. Rauisuchids occurred throughout much of the Triassic, and may have first occurred in the Early Triassic if some archosaurian taxa such as ''Scythosuchus'' and ''Tsylmosuchus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauisuchus
''Rauisuchus'' (meaning "Wilhelm Rau's crocodile") is a genus of extinct archosaurs which lived in what is now the Geopark of Paleorrota (Santa María Formation), Brazil, during the Triassic, Late Triassic period (235–228 million years ago). It contains one species, ''R. tiradentes''.''Rauisuchus'' at Fossilworks.orgF. v. Huene. (1942) ''Die fossilen Reptilien des südamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabung in Südbrasilien 1928/29.'' München: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Discovery and naming In 1928 or 1929, near the road from Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Maria to São José, Santa Catarina, San Jose, Dr. Wilhelm Rau, a German fossil collector working under Friedrich von Huene, discovered the remains of a Rauisuchidae, rauisuch ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
