Erythrosuchidae
Sign in to saveErythrosuchidae (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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- Parent taxon
- Archosauriformes
- Image
- Erythrosuchus africanus.jpg
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- start time
- 249700000-
- end time
- 237000000-
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- Erythrosuchidae
- taxon name
- Erythrosuchidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Erythrosuchids
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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.
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