Proterochampsidae

Proterochampsids Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic, 242–205.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Nearly complete skeleton of Pseudochampsa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Clade:	†Proterochampsia
Family:	†Proterochampsidae Romer, 1966
Genera
†Cerritosaurus †Proterochampsa †Stenoscelida †Tropidosuchus †Rhadinosuchinae †Chanaresuchus †Gualosuchus †Kuruxuchampsa †Pinheirochampsa †Pseudochampsa †Rhadinosuchus
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.