Prestosuchus
| Prestosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic (Ladinian),
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| AMNH 3856, a skeletal mount (cast) of Prestosuchus chiniquensis displayed at the American Museum of Natural History | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Loricata |
| Family: | †Prestosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Prestosuchus Krebs, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| †Prestosuchus chiniquensis Krebs, 1976
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Prestosuchus (meaning "Prestes crocodile") is an extinct genus of pseudosuchian in the group Loricata, which also includes Saurosuchus and Postosuchus. It has historically been referred to as a "rauisuchian", and was the defining member of the family Prestosuchidae, though the validity of both of these groups is questionable: Rauisuchia is now considered paraphyletic and Prestosuchidae is polyphyletic in its widest form.