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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)...
- "Rauisuchia"
comes from the
genus Rauisuchus,
which was
named after fossil collector Dr.
Wilhelm Rau. The name
Rauisuchus means Wilhelm Rau's crocodile....
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defined by
Sterling Nesbitt in 2011 as the most
inclusive clade containing Rauisuchus tiradentes, but not
Prestosuchus chiniquensis,
Poposaurus gracilis, or...
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defined as the
least inclusive clade containing Aetosaurus ferratus,
Rauisuchus tiradentes,
Prestosuchus chiniquensis, and
Crocodylus niloticus (the living...
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inclusive clade containing Crocodylus niloticus (the Nile crocodile), but not
Rauisuchus tiradentes,
Poposaurus gracilis,
Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, Prestosuchus...
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Rauisuchus...
- Arganasuchus? Energosuchus? Jushatyria?
Polonosuchus Postosuchus Procerosuchus?
Rauisuchus Scolotosuchus Scythosuchus?
Teratosaurus Tikisuchus?
Vivaron Vjushkovisaurus...
- Jur****ic.
Staurikosaurus coexisted with
large rauisuchian archosaurs like
Rauisuchus,
which were the top
carnivores in
their ecosystem Staurikosaurus's paleocommunity...
- and all taxa more
closely related to it than to
Aetosaurus ferratus,
Rauisuchus tiradentes,
Prestosuchus chiniquensis,
Ornithosuchus woodwardi, or Crocodylus...
- Arganasuchus? Energosuchus? Jushatyria?
Polonosuchus Postosuchus Procerosuchus?
Rauisuchus Scolotosuchus Scythosuchus?
Teratosaurus Tikisuchus?
Vivaron Vjushkovisaurus...
