Erythrosuchidae
Erythrosuchidae (meaning "red crocodiles" in Greek) are a family of large carnivorous basal archosauriforms that lived from the later Early Triassic (Olenekian) to the early Middle Triassic (Anisian). Reaching lengths of over , they represented among the largest apex predators across Pangaea during their existence.
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Erythrosuchidae (meaning "red crocodiles" in Greek) are a family of large carnivorous basal archosauriforms that lived from the later Early Triassic (Olenekian) to the early Middle Triassic (Anisian). Reaching lengths of over , they represented among the largest apex predators across Pangaea during their existence.
==Naming== The family Erythrosuchidae was named by David Meredith Seares Watson in 1917.