page_title: Nundasuchus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Nundasuchus / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Size of Nundasuchus compared to human
context_page_description: Nundasuchus is an extinct genus of crurotarsan, possibly a suchian archosaur related to Paracrocodylomorpha. Remains of this genus are known from the Middle Triassic Manda beds of southwestern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Nundasuchus songeaensis, known from a single partially complete skeleton, including vertebrae, limb elements, osteoderms, and skull fragments.
  Nundasuchus lived in what is now Tanzania, Africa around 240 million years ago. Members of this genus were likely carnivores, around 2.7 to 3 meters long, with ziphodont teeth and rows of bony plates along their back. Phylogenetic analyses consistently place this genus within the group Crurotarsi based on features of the ankle. Most studies also consider it a pseudosuchian, meaning that it was more closely related to modern crocodilians than it was to dinosaurs. However, Nundasuchus had an upright stance, with legs situated directly underneath the body, as with various other early pseudosuchians but unlike modern crocodilians.
  The classification of Nundasuchus relative to other pseudosuchians is somewhat controversial.
caption: Size of Nundasuchus compared to a human
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