Back تمساح راو Arabic Rauisuchus Spanish Rauisuchus French ראוסוכוס HE Rauisuchus ID Rauisuchus tiradentes Italian ラウイスクス Japanese Rauisuchus Dutch Rauisuchus Portuguese Rauisuchus Ukrainian
| Rauisuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Family: | †Rauisuchidae |
| Genus: | †Rauisuchus von Huene, 1936 |
| Species: | †R. tiradentes
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| †Rauisuchus tiradentes von Huene, 1936 vide von Huene, 1942
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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).[1] It contains one species, R. tiradentes.[2][3]
- ^ Holtz, Thomas; Brett-Surman, Michael (2001). Jurassic Park Institute: Dinosaur Field Guide. Random House. ISBN 0-375-81293-8.
- ^ Rauisuchus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ F. v. Huene. (1942) Die fossilen Reptilien des südamerikanischen Gondwanalandes. Ergebnisse der Sauriergrabung in Südbrasilien 1928/29. München: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung