Orthosuchus

Orthosuchus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Informal group:	†Protosuchia
Genus:	†Orthosuchus Nash, 1968
Species
†O. stormbergi Nash, 1968 (type)

Orthosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchian crocodyliform that lived during the Early Jurassic.^[1]

References

↑ Pol D, Ji S, Clark JM, Chiappe LM. 2004. Basal crocodyliforms from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group (Xinjiang, China), and the phylogenetic position of Edentosuchus. Cretaceous Research 25(4): 603-622.

Other basal crocodylomorphs

"Protosuchia"	Edentosuchus Hemiprotosuchus Neuquensuchus Orthosuchus ?Pedeticosaurus Protosuchus Shantungosuchus Sichuanosuchus Tagarosuchus Zosuchus

Gobiosuchidae	Gobiosuchus Zaraasuchus

Shartegosuchidae	Adzhosuchus Fruitachampsa Kyasuchus Nominosuchus Shartegosuchus

Hsisosuchidae	Hsisosuchus

Metasuchia	Notosuchia Neosuchia

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