Protosuchidae

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Protosuchids

| fossil_range = Late Triassic - Early Cretaceous {{fossilrange|Norian|Albian}}

| image = Protosuchus BW.jpg

| image_caption = Life restoration of Protosuchus

| taxon = Protosuchidae

| authority = Brown, 1934

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

{{extinct}}Coloradisuchus
{{extinct}}Dianosuchus
{{extinct}}Edentosuchus
{{extinct}}Erythrochampsa
{{extinct}}Hemiprotosuchus
{{extinct}}Hoplosuchus
{{extinct}}Notochampsa
{{extinct}}Orthosuchus
{{extinct}}Protosuchus
{{extinct}}Stegomosuchus?

}}

Protosuchidae is a family of basal crocodyliform reptiles that lived from the Late Triassic to the Late Cretaceous. This family should not be confused with Protosuchia, which is an informal evolutionary grade of primitive crocodiliforms

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.[http://www.paleodatabase.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=38325 The Paleobiology Database: Protosuchidae]

Phylogeny

Below is a phylogeny of protosuchids modified from Bronzati et al. (2012).{{Cite journal |last1=Bronzati |first1=M. |last2=Montefeltro |first2=F. C. |last3=Langer |first3=M. C. |year=2012 |title=A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes |journal=Historical Biology |volume=24 |issue=6 |pages=598–606 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2012.662680 |s2cid=53412111}}{{clade|{{clade

|label1=Protosuchidae

|1={{clade

|1=Orthosuchus stormbergi

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|1=Protosuchus richardsoni

|2=Hemiprotosuchus leali

}}

|2={{clade

|1=Kayenta Form

|2=Edentosuchus tienshanensis

}}