Like its relatives, Prestosuchus had a deep skull and serrated teeth.
While it resembled a dinosaur in having a large body and upright posture, it was actually a pseudosuchian, meaning that it was an archosaur more closely related to modern crocodilians than to dinosaurs.
Prestosuchus lived during the Middle Triassic in what is now Brazil.
Initially it was estimated to be around 5 meters (17 feet) but a specimen discovered in 2010 suggest that Prestosuchus reached lengths of nearly 7 meters (23 feet) making it one of the largest Triassic pseudosuchians alongside Saurosuchus and Fasolasuchus.
Prestosuchus probably walked on four legs like crocodilians, but unlike crocodilians, it had an upright semi-erect stance with limb bones placed below the hips.
Like its relatives, Prestosuchus had a deep skull and serrated teeth. While it resembled a dinosaur in having a large body and upright posture, it was actually a pseudosuchian, meaning that it was an archosaur more closely related to modern crocodilians than to dinosaurs. Prestosuchus lived during the Middle Triassic in what is now Brazil. Initially it was estimated to be around 5 meters (17 feet) but a specimen discovered in 2010 suggest that Prestosuchus reached lengths of nearly 7 meters (23 feet) making it one of the largest Triassic pseudosuchians alongside Saurosuchus and Fasolasuchus. Prestosuchus probably walked on four legs like crocodilians, but unlike crocodilians, it had an upright semi-erect stance with limb bones placed below the hips.
Prestosuchus