Archosaurus

Archosaurus Temporal range: Late Permian, 252 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Restored skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Family:	†Proterosuchidae
Genus:	†Archosaurus Tatarinov, 1960
Species
†A. rossicus Tatarinov, 1960 (type)

Archosaurus is an extinct genus of carnivorous archosauriform reptile.^[1] From the latest Permian of Russia and Poland, it is one of the earliest known archosauriformes.

Restoration

Holotype maxilla

See also

• Proterosuchus

References

1. ↑ Sennikov, A. G.; Golubev, V. K. (2006). "Vyazniki biotic assemblage of the terminal Permian". Paleontological Journal. 40 (4): S475. doi:10.1134/S0031030106100078. 

Basal archosauriforms
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Subclass: Diapsida
Major clades Proterosuchidae Erythrosuchidae Proterochampsia Phytosauria Archosauria
Archosauriformes Archosauriformes Chasmatosuchus Fugusuchus Sarmatosuchus Proterosuchidae Archosaurus Proterosuchus Erythrosuchidae Chalishevia Erythrosuchus Garjainia Shansisuchus Uralosaurus Eucrocopoda Asperoris Dongusuchus Dorosuchus Yarasuchus Proterochampsia Euparkeriidae Euparkeria ?Halazhaisuchus ?Osmolskina Crurotarsi Phytosauria Archosauria Ornithodira Pseudosuchia
Proterochampsia Doswelliidae Archeopelta Doswellia Jaxtasuchus Tarjadia Vancleavea Proterochampsidae Cerritosaurus Proterochampsa Tropidosuchus Rhadinosuchinae Chanaresuchus Gualosuchus Rhadinosuchus Pseudochampsa
Phytosauria Basal phytosaurs Wannia Paleorhinus Parasuchus Phytosauridae Brachysuchus Angistorhinus Rutiodon Protome Leptosuchomorpha Phytosaurus Leptosuchus Smilosuchus Pravusuchus Mystriosuchini Mystriosuchus Machaeroprosopus Nicrosaurus Redondasaurus
Related categories Archosaurs Crurotarsans