Schultzsuchus
| Schultzsuchus Temporal range: Triassic, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | †Poposauroidea |
| Genus: | †Schultzsuchus Desojo & Rauhut, 2024 |
| Species: | †S. loricatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Schultzsuchus loricatus Desojo & Rauhut, 2024 | |
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Schultzsuchus is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian from the Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. Initially described as a species of Prestosuchus, a 2024 study found the taxon to differ in multiple aspects of its anatomy, enough to warrant it being placed in a distinct genus. Unlike Prestosuchus, which is a more derived member of Loricata, Schultzsuchus appears to have been a basal member of the clade Poposauroidea.