Protosuchidae

Protosuchidae is a family of basal crocodyliform reptiles that lived from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous. This family should not be confused with Protosuchia, which is an informal evolutionary grade of primitive crocodyliforms

Protosuchids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous Norian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Protosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Family:	†Protosuchidae Brown, 1934
Genera
†Coloradisuchus †Dianosuchus †Edentosuchus †Erythrochampsa †Hemiprotosuchus †Hoplosuchus †Notochampsa †Orthosuchus †Protosuchus †Stegomosuchus?

Distribution

Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.^[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a phylogeny of protosuchids modified from Bronzati et al. (2012).^[2]

	Protosuchidae Orthosuchus stormbergi Protosuchus richardsoni Hemiprotosuchus leali Kayenta Form Edentosuchus tienshanensis