Scythosuchus

Scythosuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Family:	†Rauisuchidae
Genus:	†Scythosuchus Sennikov, 1999
Type species
†Scythosuchus basileus Sennikov, 1999

Scythosuchus is an extinct genus of rauisuchid. Remains have been found from Olenekian-age Lower Triassic beds in Russia.^[1] The type and only species is S. basileus, described in 1999.^[2]

References

1. Borsuk−Białynicka, M.; Sennikov, A.G. (2009). "Archosauriform postcranial remains from the Early Triassic karst deposits of southern Poland". Palaeontologica Polonica. 65: 283–328.
2. Sennikov, A.G. (1999). "The evolution of the postcranial skeleton in archosaurs in connection with new finds of the Rauisuchidae in the Early Triassic of Russia". Paleontological Journal. 1999 (6): 44–56.