Stratiotosuchus [SEP] parent taxon
size to the first.
Classification.
"Stratiotosuchus" has been recognized as a baurusuchid since it was first described in 1988. In 2004, Baurusuchidae was even defined as the most recent common ancestor of "Baurusuchus" and "Stratiotosuchus" and all of its descendants; thus, the definition of Baurusuchidae relies on the inclusion of "Stratiotosuchus". "Stratiotosuchus" and "Baurusuchus" both belong to a large clade called Metasuchia, which includes living crocodilians and many extinct relatives extending back into the Jurassic. However,
within Notosuchia, as the sister taxon of the family Sphagesauridae. Below is the cladogram from that study:
Paleobiology.
Paleobiology Paleoenvironment.
Based on the types of deposits in the Adamantina Formation, "Stratiotosuchus" most likely lived alongside a river system with many small ephemeral lakes.
Paleobiology Similarities to theropod dinosaurs.
With a fully erect stance, "Stratiotosuchus" has many features convergent with theropod dinosaurs, which are fully bipedal. In "Stratiotosuchus", a roughly surfaced region on the upper part of the femur is