Ctenosauriscidae

Ctenosauriscidae Fossil range: Early - Late Triassic
Ctenosauriscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
(Unranked) :	Crurotarsi
Order:	Rauisuchia
Superfamily:	Poposauroidea
Family:	Ctenosauriscidae Kuhn, 1964

The Ctenosauriscidae are a family of large archosaurs which lived alongside dinosaurs during the Late Triassic. All species had large "sails" on their back. Recent phylogenetic analysis finds them to be closely related to the Poposauridae.

Genera

Genus	Status	Age	Location	Description	Images
†Arizonasaurus	Valid.	Middle Triassic.	North America.	A ctenosauriscid from northern Arizona.
†Bromsgroveia	Valid.	Middle Triassic.	Europe.	An English ctenosauriscid.
†Ctenosauriscus	Valid.	Late Triassic.	Europe.
†"Hypselorhachis"	Valid.
†Lotosaurus	Valid.	Early Triassic.	Asia

References

• Osteology of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchian archosaur Arizonasaurus babbitti