Notosuchus

Notosuchus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Life restoration of Notosuchus terrestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: †Notosuchia
Family: †Notosuchidae
Genus: †Notosuchus
Woodward, 1896
Species
  • N. terrestris Woodward, 1896 (type)
  • N. lepidus Saez, 1957

Notosuchus (/noʊtəˈsuːkəs/; 'southern crocodile') is an extinct genus of South American notosuchian crocodyliforms. It was terrestrial, living approximately 85 million years ago in the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.