Rauisuchus
| Rauisuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic ~ | |
|---|---|
| Life restoration of R. tiradentes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Family: | †Rauisuchidae |
| Genus: | †Rauisuchus von Huene, 1936 |
| Species: | †R. tiradentes |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rauisuchus tiradentes von Huene, 1936 vide von Huene, 1942 | |
Rauisuchus (meaning "Wilhelm Rau's crocodile") is a genus of extinct archosaurs which lived in what is now the Geopark of Paleorrota (Santa María Formation), Brazil, during the Late Triassic period (235–228 million years ago). It contains one species, R. tiradentes.