Proterochampsidae

Proterochampsids
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic, 242–205.6 Ma
Nearly complete skeleton of Pseudochampsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: Proterochampsia
Family: Proterochampsidae
Romer, 1966
Genera
Synonyms
  • Rhadinosuchidae Hoffstetter, 1955

Proterochampsidae is a family of proterochampsian archosauriforms. Proterochampsids may have filled an ecological niche similar to modern crocodiles, and had a general crocodile-like appearance. They lived in what is now South America in the Middle and Late Triassic.