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Thoosuchus
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<p><i>Thoosuchus</i> (meaning "active crocodile") is an extinct <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Basal_(phylogenetics)/JQPQXpYg">basal</a> <a href="/facts/Trematosauroidea/9qqaGwND">trematosauroid</a> <a href="/facts/Trematosauria/FYpLRRbE">trematosaurian</a> <a href="/facts/Temnospondyli/lEoAzjJe">temnospondyl</a>. <a href="/facts/Fossil/by7NzIA1">Fossils</a> have been found from <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a> and date back to the <a href="/facts/Early_Triassic/oBgudq2V">Early Triassic</a>. It is the <a href="/facts/Type_genus/vKbAuKph">type genus</a> of the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> Thoosuchidae, formerly called the <a href="/facts/Subfamily/2QPtfDS4">subfamily</a> Thoosuchinae and placed within Benthosuchidae. The benthosuchids were originally composed of the majority of basal trematosaurian forms regarded as the ancestors of the trematosaurids. </p>