Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1942 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic |
Location: | Brazil - Santa Maria Formation |
Size: | Usually credited as up to 5 meters long. An individual discovered in Brazil in 2010 was credited as the equivalent of 6.7 meters long at the time of its discovery |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Several individuals, at least one almost complete |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Rauisuchia | Paracrocodylomorpha | Prestosuchidae | |
Prestosuchus is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian in the family Prestosuchidae. Its close relatives include Saurosuchus and Postosuchus.