| Named By: | A. S. Romer in 1971 | 
| Time Period: | Middle Triassic, 236-234 Ma | 
| Location: | Argentina - Chanares Formation | 
| Size: | Roughly about 30 centimetres long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore | 
| Fossil(s): | Partial skeletal remains | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauromorpha | Lagosuchia | | 
Lagosuchus is a genus of small archosaur from the middle Triassic period. It is generally thought to be closely related to dinosaurs, as a member of the Dinosauromorpha. Its fossils were found in the Chanares Formation of Argentina, dating to the Middle Triassic (Ladinian age), about 230 million years ago.