Archosaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous proterosuchid archosauriform reptile. Its fossils are dated to the latest Permian of Russia, it is one of the earliest known archosauriforms. The type an
Archosaurus rossicus skull
Archosauria or archosaurs is a clade of diapsid sauropsid tetrapods, with birds and crocodilians being the only known extant representatives. Although broadly classified as reptiles, which traditional
Archosaurus
…Vyazniki Assemblage), the final Late Permian tetrapod biozone in Russia. When first described in 1960, Archosaurus was considered the oldest known archosaur and a close relative of Proterosuchus from the Early Triassic. However, Archosauria in modern terms is considered a more restricted group which Archosaurus…
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Examples of pseudosuchians. Clockwise from top-left: Longosuchus meadei (an aetosaur), Gavialis gangeticus (a crocodilian), Saurosuchus galilei (a loricatan), Pedeticosaurus leviseuri (a sphenosuchian), Chenanisuchus lateroculi (a dyrosaurid), and Dakosaurus maximus (a thalattosuchian).
Examples of avemetatarsalians. Clockwise from top-left: Tupuxuara leonardi (a pterosaur), Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, (a sauropod), Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (an ornithopod), Daspletosaurus torosus (a tyrannosaurid), Pentaceratops sternbergii (a ceratopsian), and Grus grus (a neornithian).
Chirotherium footprint in Triassic sediments