Protosuchidae

Protosuchids; Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous Norian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Protosuchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Family:	†Protosuchidae; Brown, 1934
Genera
	†Coloradisuchus; †Dianosuchus; †Edentosuchus; †Erythrochampsa; †Hemiprotosuchus; †Hoplosuchus; †Notochampsa; †Orthosuchus; †Protosuchus; †Stegomosuchus?;

Protosuchidae was a

crocodyliform reptiles from the Late Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods. They were closely related to the Gobiosuchidae

Distribution

Triassic protosuchids are known from Lesotho, Argentina, and Arizona. Jurassic protosuchids are known from Nova Scotia, Poland, South Africa, and Arizona. Cretaceous protosuchids are known from China.^[1]

Protosuchids were carnivores. An unnamed species of protosuchids known only from teeth was an herbivore^{[citation needed]}.