Tsylmosuchus is an extinct
genus of
archosauriform reptile. It is known from the southern
Urals region of
Russia.
Tsylmosuchus occurred throughout the
Olenekian age of the
Early Triassic. Some of the strata from which
Tsylmosuchus has been found are
Induan in age, making it one of the earliest
archosaurs. The genus is named after the
Tsilma River, near where fossils have been found. Three species have been named, all based on single incomplete specimens: the
type species T. jakovlevi,
T. samariensis, and
T. donensis.
Tsylmosuchus was originally classified among crocodile-line archosaurs (
pseudosuchians) as part of the family
Rauisuchidae; however, the fragmentary remains do not show any of the distinguishing features of rauisuchids or even pseudosuchians in general, so
Tsylmosuchus has more recently been interpreted as an indeterminate archosauriform. Given the lack of diagnostic material for the three species that have been named, they are also probably not distinct from each other.