Named By: | Richard Lydekker in 1885 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic, 222.5-212 Ma |
Location: | India, Andhra Pradesh - Lower Maleri Formation, and Madhya Pradesh - Tiki Formation |
Size: | Roughly about 2.4 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of several individuals ranging from disarticulated isolated remains to articulated skeletons |
Classification: | | Chordata | Sauropsida | Phytosauria | |
Parasuchus is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the Late Triassic (late Carnian to early Norian stage) of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India. It contains a single species, Parasuchus hislopi (though see below).