In Depth Redondasaurus was a large phytosaur that is known to have lived in the USA during the late Triassic period. The largest known skull at the time of writing is about eighty centimetres long, and is very robustly formed. This alone indicates that Redondasaurus was a predator of large vertebrates, perhaps lurking in Late … Read more
In Depth Brachysuchus was originally named as a species of Angistorhinus, A. megalodon, but was raised to its own genus in 1929. As a phytosaur Brachysuchus would have resembled a crocodile, though evolutionally speaking there was no direct link to them. Further Reading - Description of the skull of a new form of phytosaur with … Read more
In Depth Further Reading - A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the Lot’s Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (3): 573–586. - M. R. Stocker - 2012.
In Depth Arganarhinus is a phytosaur that lived in what is now Morocco during the late Triassic. Arganarhinus was originally named as a species of Paleorhinus before being made a distinct species in 1995. Further Reading - Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States. - New Mexico Museum of Natural History … Read more
In Depth Leptosuchus is a genus of phytosaur that is currently known from a few species. Phytosaurs like Leptosuchus were very much like crocodiles, though they were not actually directly related to them. An exceptionally large skull once assigned as Leptosuchus gregorii, has since been moved to the genus Smilosuchus, though since this time there … Read more