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Proterochampsidae
| Proterochampsids Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic,
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| Nearly complete skeleton of Pseudochampsa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae Romer, 1966 |
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Proterochampsidae is a family of proterochampsian archosauriforms. Proterochampsids may have filled an ecological niche similar to modern crocodiles, and had a general crocodile-like appearance. They lived in what is now South America in the Middle and Late Triassic.
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