Parvosuchus

This article is about the Brazilian gracilisuchid. For the Arizonan phytosaur, see Pravusuchus. For the South African therocephalian, see Pardosuchus. For the German rhynchocephalian, see Parvosaurus.

Parvosuchus
Temporal range: Middle–Late Triassic (Ladinian–Carnian), ~237 Ma
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Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Family: †Gracilisuchidae
Genus: †Parvosuchus
Müller, 2024
Species:
†P. aurelioi
Binomial name
†Parvosuchus aurelioi
Müller, 2024

Parvosuchus (meaning "small crocodile") is an extinct genus of gracilisuchid pseudosuchians from the Middle–Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation (Paraná Basin) of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, P. aurelioi, known from a cranium and partial skeleton.