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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It is catalogued under topics including Erythrosuchidae, Middle Triassic extinctions and Olenekian first appearances.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Archosauriformes
- Image
- Erythrosuchus africanus.jpg
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- start time
- 249700000-
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- Commons category
- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erythrosuchidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.