pseudosuchia

from The Century Dictionary.

• An extinct suborder of the Crocodilia, characterized by reduced premaxillæ, large nasals, external nares paired and placed far forward, internal nares separate in about the, middle of the palate, orbits large and laterally directed, paired parietals and frontals, conical teeth deeply socketed and confined to anterior half of jaws, and dorsal armor a paired series of oblong scutes. Its representatives occur in the Keuper of Europe and the Trias of New Mexico.