Rauisuchus was a basal archosaur which lived in what is now the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil, during the middle Triassic period (240-230 million years ago). Named after fossil collector Dr. Wilhelm Rau, Rauisuchus belonged to a group of land-dwelling relatives to crocodiles. These reptiles were among the top predators of their day, eating other r...
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Rauisuchus The “Rau’s crocodile” named to honor Dr. Wilhelm Rau, a German medical doctor from Santa Maria, Brazil, who collected local fossils, sent specimens to von Huene, and later helped with field work during von Huene’s expeditions to that region of South America. Rau published technical papers in paleobotany and paleontolo...
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