Aetosauriformes

Aetosauriforms
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 237–201.3 Ma
Life restoration and size diagram of Desmatosuchus spurensis, an aetosaur.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Suchia
Clade: Aetosauriformes
Parker et al., 2021
Subgroups

Aetosauriformes is an extinct clade of early-diverging pseudosuchians (the group of archosaurs that contains modern crocodylians and their stem group relatives). It includes the aetosaurs, a group of heavily armoured and at least partially herbivorous pseudosuchians, as well as the closely related genera Acaenasuchus, Euscolosuchus and Revueltosaurus.[1]

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