rauisuchian

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Noun

rauisuchian (plural rauisuchians)

  1. (paleontology) An extinct reptile of the taxon Rauisuchia, which lived during the Triassic.
    • 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 79:
      In Triassic times, when rauisuchians lived, the continents were still united in a large, coherent landmass, the supercontinent Pangea.