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Protosuchids; Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous Norian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeletal reconstruction of Protosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Family:	†Protosuchidae; Brown, 1934
Genera
	†Coloradisuchus; †Dianosuchus; †Edentosuchus; †Erythrochampsa; †Hemiprotosuchus; †Hoplosuchus; †Notochampsa; †Orthosuchus; †Protosuchus; †Stegomosuchus?;

Protosuchidae is a family of basal crocodyliform reptiles that lived from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous. This family should not be confused with Protosuchia, which is an informal evolutionary grade of primitive crocodyliforms

Distribution

Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.^[1]

Below is a phylogeny of protosuchids modified from Bronzati et al. (2012).^[2]

Protosuchidae

	Kayenta Form

	Edentosuchus tienshanensis

↑ The Paleobiology Database: Protosuchidae
↑ Bronzati, M.; Montefeltro, F. C.; Langer, M. C. (2012). "A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes". Historical Biology. 24 (6): 598–606. doi:10.1080/08912963.2012.662680. S2CID 53412111.

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