Phytosaurs (Φυτόσαυροι in greek, meaning 'plant lizard') are an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic Late Triassic archosauriform reptiles. Phytosaurs...
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and possibly bird-line archosaurs too if the extinct, crocodile-like phytosaurs are more distantly related to crocodiles than traditionally thought. Prior...
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Parasuchidae (category Phytosaurs)
Parasuchidae is a clade of phytosaurs more derived than Diandongosuchus, a basal phytosaur. It encompasses nearly all phytosaurs, including early Parasuchus-grade...
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Paleorhinus (category Phytosaurs)
Paleorhinus (Greek: "Old Nose") is an extinct genus of widespread basal phytosaur known from the Late Triassic (late Carnian stage). The genus was named...
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Jupijkam (category Phytosaurs)
Jupijkam is an extinct genus of phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Nova Scotia, Canada. The genus is monotypic, including only the species Jupijkam paleofluvialis...
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Colossosuchus (category Phytosaurs)
of large mystriosuchine phytosaur from the Upper Triassic Tiki Formation of India. It was among the largest known phytosaurs, reaching a length of over...
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pterosaurs, and their relatives), as well as the abundant crocodilian-like phytosaurs, which may either be true archosaurs or very close relatives of Archosauria...
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Bull Canyon Formation (section Phytosaurs)
Hungerbühler, Axel; Martz, Jeffrey W. (2012). "The taxonomic status of the phytosaurs (Archosauriformes) Machaeroprosopus and Pseudopalatus from the Late Triassic...
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Rutiodon (category Phytosaurs)
Rutiodon ("Wrinkle tooth") is an extinct genus of mystriosuchine phytosaurs from the Late Triassic of the eastern United States. The type species of Rutiodon...
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formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. Phytosaur remains attributable to the genus Volcanosuchus have also been found in...
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