Protosuchidae
| Protosuchids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae Brown, 1934 |
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Protosuchidae was a family of crocodylmorph reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods. They were closely related to the Gobiosuchidae.
Distribution[]
Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.[1]
Ecology[]
Protosuchids were carnivores. an unnamed species of protosuchids known only from teeth were herbivore
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