- but
deformed skull.
Saurosuchus was
formally described and
named later in 1959 by Osvaldo. A. Reig. The
generic name,
Saurosuchus, is
derived from the...
- "rauisuchian"
counterpart Saurosuchus at 7
metres (23 ft), and many
medium sized theropods as
large as Ceratosaurus. Like
Saurosuchus, it had only a single...
-
extinct genus of
pseudosuchian in the
group Loricata,
which also
includes Saurosuchus and Postosuchus. It has
historically been
referred to as a "rauisuchian"...
- Tri****ic period. They
included giant,
quadrupedal apex
predators such as
Saurosuchus, Prestosuchus, and Fasolasuchus.
Ornithosuchids were
large scavengers...
-
crocodylomorphs than to
other "rauisuchians" (such as
Prestosuchus and
Saurosuchus). As a result,
Rauisuchia in its
traditional usage may be considered...
-
ecological niche left by
Erythrosuchus was
filled by
archosaurs including Saurosuchus and Postosuchus.
Erythrosuchus was the
largest predator of its time,...
-
Longosuchus meadei (an aetosaur),
Gavialis gangeticus (a crocodilian),
Saurosuchus galilei (a loricatan),
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri (a sphenosuchian), Chenanisuchus...
- setting. In
these studies it
refers to a
clade containing Prestosuchus,
Saurosuchus, and Luperosuchus. Even so, the
validity of this
clade is unclear, and...
-
first described by Dr.
William Sill in 1974,
though he
referred them to
Saurosuchus, a
giant quadrupedal predator distantly related to Sillosuchus. One specimen...
- may have been pre**** upon by
giant "rauisuchians" (loricatans) like
Saurosuchus;
puncture wounds were
found in one skull.
Coprolites (fossilized dung)...
