Despite this relationship to crocodiles, " Ornithosuchus " was able to walk on its hind legs, like many dinosaurs.
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Although synonymized with " Ornithosuchus " by Walker ( 1964 ), a 2016 study found " Dasygnathoides " indeterminate beyond Pseudosuchia.
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"Ornithosuchus " is the type genus of the Ornithosuchidae, a family of facultatively biped carnivores that were geographically widespread during the Late Triassic.
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The mandibular fenestra is longer and narrower than those of related archosauriforms such as " Turfanosuchus ", " Euparkeria ", and " Ornithosuchus ".
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Several other features distinguish ornithosuchids from all other early archosaurs . " Ornithosuchus " and " Riojasuchus " both possess a small fenestra, or hole, between the lacrimals.
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""'Ornithosuchus " "'( meaning " bird crocodile " ) is an extinct genus of pseudosuchians from the Late Triassic ( Carnian ) Lossiemouth Sandstone of Scotland.
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Colbert considered small lightly built archosaurs, such as " Ornithosuchus " and " Hesperosuchus " both of which were at the time reconstructed as theropod dinosaur-like bipeds to be typical pseudosuchians.
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Its skull also resembled those of theropod dinosaurs, but more primitive features included the presence of five toes on each foot and a double row of armoured plates along the animal's back . " Ornithosuchus " was around in length.
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