Protosuchia
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Protosuchia is a group of extinct Mesozoic crocodyliforms. They were small in size (~1 meter in length) and terrestrial. In phylogenetic terms, Protosuchia is considered an informal group because it is a grade of basal crocodyliforms, not a true clade.
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- Parent taxon
- Crocodyliformes
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- Protosuchus BW.jpg
- Said to be same as
- Protosuchidae
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- taxon name
- Protosuchia
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Protosuchia is a group of extinct Mesozoic crocodyliforms. They were small in size (~1 meter in length) and terrestrial. In phylogenetic terms, Protosuchia is considered an informal group because it is a grade of basal crocodyliforms, not a true clade.
==Classification== Recent phylogenetic analyses have not supported Protosuchia as a natural group. However, two studies found a clade of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic animals: Edentosuchus Hemiprotosuchus Orthosuchus Protosuchus
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