About: Volcanosuchus

Volcanosuchus is an extinct genus of phytosaur from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation in India. The type species is V. statisticae. The phytosaur by the marginal overlapping of the nostrils by the antorbital fenestrae, external nares based on a bulbous and raised dome, the lateral surface of the jugal ornamented by a distinct ridge defined by multiple tubercles and radiating string‐like structures, and distinct ornamentation pattern on the rostrum and the skull’s roof. The species ranged form the late Carnian to the early/middle Norian.