muscular hind limbs that would have allowed it to pursue prey with speed and precision

while it tore up the vegetation that grew around the watercourses with its herbivorous beak

an extinct genus of synapsid

it is believed that it was a solitary animal that lived in forested and swampy areas

Erythrosuchus africanus Archaeotherium muscular hind limbs that wouldErythrosuchus africanus is a remarkable archosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic period, approximately 245 million years ago. Its name, meaning "African red crocodile", highlights both its showy coloration and its place of origin, southern Africa. This prehistoric predator is known to be one of the top carnivores of its time, with a number of anatomical features that underline its position at the top of the food chain. Erythrosuchus was