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EXErythrosuchids were large, crocodile-like archosauriform predators that lived during the Early to Middle Triassic, after the Permian extinction.
One of their likely prey species was Lystrosaurus, a stocky, tusked herbivore that dominated the Early Triassic landscape. Although Lystrosaurus populations declined during the Middle Triassic, there’s no evidence that predation by erythrosuchids alone caused their extinction.
Instead, their disappearance was likely due to long-term environmental shifts and increased competition from emerging herbivores. Fossils found in the same regions suggest that erythrosuchids may have preyed on Lystrosaurus, but their extinction was not a direct result of being hunted—rather, it was part of a broader ecological turnover during Triassic recovery.
📹 Life on Our Planet (2023)
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