# Volcanosuchus

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Extinct genus of reptiles

Volcanosuchus Temporal range: Late Triassic 235–221.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Life restoration Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Phytosauria Family: †Parasuchidae Subfamily: †Mystriosuchinae Genus: †Volcanosuchus Datta, Ray & Bandyopadhyay, 2019 Type species †Volcanosuchus statisticae Datta, Ray & Bandyopadhyay, 2019

***Volcanosuchus*** is an [extinct](/source/Extinct) [genus](/source/Genus) of [parasuchid](/source/Parasuchid) [phytosaurs](/source/Phytosaur) from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) [Tiki Formation](/source/Tiki_Formation) in [India](/source/India). The type species is ***V. statisticae.***[1] The phytosaur by the marginal overlapping of the nostrils by the [antorbital fenestrae](/source/Antorbital_fenestra), external nares based on a bulbous and raised dome, the lateral surface of the [jugal](/source/Jugal_bone) ornamented by a distinct ridge defined by multiple [tubercles](/source/Tubercle) and radiating string‐like structures, and distinct ornamentation pattern on the [rostrum](/source/Rostrum_(anatomy)) and the [skull's roof](/source/Skull_roof). The species ranged form the [late Carnian](/source/Carnian) to the [early/middle Norian](/source/Norian).

## Description

### Skull

The [skull](/source/Skull) of the [holotype](/source/Holotype) ISIR 44 is estimated to be around 555 mm (around 21 in), is [robust](/source/Robustness), and has a high [skull table](/source/Skull_roof). The [premaxillary](/source/Premaxilla) [rostrum](/source/Rostrum_(anatomy)) is somewhat thick, and the premaxilla's [width](/source/Width) measuring at 42 mm (about 2 in), with an [arching](/source/Arching) [dorsal surface](/source/Dorsal_surface). The [premaxilla](/source/Premaxilla) develops posteriorly and has [sutural](/source/Wormian_bones) contact with the [septomaxilla](/source/Septomaxilla).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Datta, Debajit; Ray, Sanghamitra; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati (2021). ["Cranial morphology of a new phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauria) from the Upper Triassic of India: implications for phytosaur phylogeny and biostratigraphy"](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1292). *Papers in Palaeontology*. **7** (2): 675–708. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2021PPal....7..675D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PPal....7..675D). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1002/spp2.1292](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fspp2.1292). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2056-2802](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2056-2802). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [213698017](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:213698017).

v t e Phytosauria Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Archosauromorpha Clade: Crurotarsi Sauropsida see Sauropsida Archosauromorpha see Archosauromorpha Phytosauria see below↓ Phytosauria Phytosauria Calamosuchus Diandongosuchus Heteropelta? Parasuchidae Arganarhinus Ebrachosuchus Paleorhinus Parasuchus Wannia Mystriosuchinae / Phytosauridae Angistorhinus Brachysuchus Colossosuchus Jupijkam Protome Rutiodon Volcanosuchus Leptosuchomorpha Leptosuchus Pravusuchus Smilosuchus Mystriosuchini Angistorhinopsis Machaeroprosopus Mystriosuchus Nicrosaurus Redondasaurus Nomina dubia Belodon Centemodon Clepsysaurus? Coburgosuchus Compsosaurus Francosuchus Heterodontosuchus Mesorhinosuchus Omosaurus? Palaeoctonus? Phytosaurus Rileyasuchus Suchoprion Termatosaurus? Category

Taxon identifiers Volcanosuchus Wikidata: Q94142980 GBIF: 11138742

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