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Description
Sarmatosuchus is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile found in sediments of early Triassic age and known from the single species Sarmatosuchus otschevi. Its one of the earliest proto-crocodilian species known. The holotype and only specimen was found in lithified river deposits of the Donguz Formation exposed near the Berdyanka River, Orenburg region, Russia. The genus was originally included in the extinct family Proterosuchidae. However, later analysis by David Gower and Andrei Sennikov, the describing author, has removed it from the Proterosuchidae and designated it a basal archosaur.

Description
Sarmatosuchus is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile found in sediments of early Triassic age and known from the single species Sarmatosuchus otschevi. Its one of the earliest proto-crocodilian species known. The holotype and only specimen was found in lithified river deposits of the Donguz Formation exposed near the Berdyanka River, Orenburg region, Russia. The genus was originally included in the extinct family Proterosuchidae. However, later analysis by David Gower and Andrei Sennikov, the describing author, has removed it from the Proterosuchidae and designated it a basal archosaur.