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Archosaurus is an early genus of proterosuchid archosauromorph, previously believed to have been an archosaur, found in Middle and Late Permian deposits of Poland and Russia (265 million to 251 million years ago). Archosaurus typifies the progressive changes occurring in reptilian structure that eventually led to their dominance as the major vertebrates. A clear trend was in the modification of the limbs and the pelvis. The type, and only species, is Archosaurus rossicus, known from several fragmentary specimens which, if compiled, represent parts of the skull and cervical vertebrae set.

Description
Archosaurus is an early genus of proterosuchid archosauromorph, previously believed to have been an archosaur, found in Middle and Late Permian deposits of Poland and Russia (265 million to 251 million years ago). Archosaurus typifies the progressive changes occurring in reptilian structure that eventually led to their dominance as the major vertebrates. A clear trend was in the modification of the limbs and the pelvis. The type, and only species, is Archosaurus rossicus, known from several fragmentary specimens which, if compiled, represent parts of the skull and cervical vertebrae set.