High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Archosauriformes are a clade of diapsid reptiles that developed from Archosauromorph ancestors some time in the Late Permian. These reptiles, which include members of the family Proterosuchidae and more advanced forms, were originally superficially crocodile-like predatory semi-aquatic animals about 1.5 meters long, with a sprawling elbows-out stance and long snouts. Unlike the bulk of their therapsid contemporaries, the Proterosuchids survived the catastrophe at the end of the Permian, perhaps because they were opportunistic scavengers, perhaps because they could retreat into water to find respite from an overheated climate. Any such scenarios are hypothetical; what is clearer is that these animals were highly successful in their new environment, and evolved quickly

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