| Erythrosuchus Temporal range: Early to Middle Triassic
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| Skull of Erythrosuchus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Crocopoda |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Family: | †Erythrosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Erythrosuchus Broom, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Erythrosuchus africanus Broom, 1905
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Erythrosuchus (from Greek: ἐρυθρός eruthrós, 'red' and Greek: σοῦχος soukhos, 'crocodile') is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles from the early Triassic of South Africa.[1] Remains have been found from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group in the Karoo of South Africa.[2]
In the Late Triassic, the ecological niche left by Erythrosuchus was filled by archosaurs including Saurosuchus and Postosuchus.
- ^ Gower, David John (2003). "Osteology of the early archosauriform reptile Erythrosuchus africanus Broom". Annals of the South African Museum. 110 (1): 1–88.
- ^ Damiani, R.; Vasconcelos, C.; Renaut, A.; Hancox, J.; Yates, A. (2007). "Dolichuranus primaevus (Therapsida:Anomodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Namibia and its phylogenetic relationships". Palaeontology. 50 (6): 1531–1546. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00727.x. S2CID 131566599.