- Shansisuchus
Taxobox
name = "Shansisuchus"
fossil_range = midTriassic
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Shansisuchus shansisuchus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
infraclassis =Archosauromorpha
familia =Erythrosuchidae
genus = "Shansisuchus"
binomial = "Shansisuchus shansisuchus"
binomial_authority = Young, 1964"Shansisuchus" (means 'crocodile from the Shansi Province') was an erythrosuchid, a type of
carnivorous prehistoricreptile that lived some 220 million years ago during the middleTriassic Period [http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?search=p&getprev=55818] in what is nowShansi Province inChina .General information
A meat eater, it belonged to the successful group of reptiles known as archosauromorphs, ancestors of the earliest true archosaurs. Although only 7.2 feet long and 1.6 feet tall, "Shansisuchus" was a fierce hunter with powerfully developed jaws. It is believed that it could move quite quickly for its size and fed on smaller, less agile reptiles around at the time.
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