#Fossils of Giant Phytosaur Unearthed in India https://www.sci.news/paleontology/colossosuchus-techniensis-11722.html

A giant phytosaur (Diapsida, #Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India with new insights on phytosaur migration, endemism and extinction https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1476

#Colossosuchus techniensis roamed our planet during the Upper #Triassic epoch, between 235 and 208 million years ago. The ancient animal was a type of #phytosaur (family #Phytosauridae), an extinct group of large, mostly semiaquatic #crocodile-like reptiles.

New Species of #Triassic Crocodile-Like Reptile Identified in Brazil
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/stenoscelida-aurantiacus-11378.html Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2022.2128913

Characterized by an elongated snout, #proterochampsids are #carnivorous non-archosaur #archosauriforms. Nesting close to #Archosauria, it is a key clade for understanding the origin and evolution of archosaurian traits.