Phytosauria
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Phytosaurs are an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic Late Triassic archosauriform or basal archosaurian reptiles. Phytosaurs belong to the order Phytosauria and are sometimes referred to as pa
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Illustration of two Smilosuchus species, illustrating brachyrostral and dolichorostral snout types
Phytosaur skull
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Crurotarsi
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Crurotarsi is a clade of archosauriform reptiles that includes crocodilians and stem-crocodilians and possibly bird-line archosaurs too if the extinct, crocodile-like phytosaurs are more distantly rel
Phytosauria
…Brauns, 1890), which are preferred for formal classification. Phytosaurs first appeared during the Carnian or Ladinian age, evolving from an unknown crurotarsan ancestor. There are no clear intermediate forms, as even the earliest known phytosaurs are highly specialized aquatic animals, unlike most contemporary…
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