page_title: Saurosuchus
section_title: Discovery and naming
hierarchical_section_title: Saurosuchus / Discovery and naming
caption_attribution_description: Español: réplica del esqueleto de Saurosuchus galilei, Centro de visitantes del Parque Provincial Ischigualasto, Argentina
context_page_description: Saurosuchus is a genus of large loricatan pseudosuchian archosaur that lived in South America during the Late Triassic period. It was a heavy, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal carnivore, being the major predator in the Ischigualasto Formation.
context_section_description: The holotype, PVL 206, was discovered by Galileo J. Scaglia and Leocadio Soria in 1957, lying in a greenish sandstone on the Cancha de Bochas Member of the Ischigualasto Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin in northwestern Argentina. It consists of a nearly complete, but deformed skull. Saurosuchus was formally described and named later in 1959 by Osvaldo. A. Reig. The generic name, Saurosuchus, is derived from the Greek σαῦρος (sauros, meaning lizard) and σοῦχος (souchus, meaning crocodile). The specific name, galilei, is in honour to Galileo J. Scaglia, who unearthed and prepared the holotype.
caption: Posterior view of the mount in the Ischigualasto Provincial Park
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