Peirosauridae
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Peirosauridae Fossil range: Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous |
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Peirosauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved a rather dog-like form, and were terrestrial carnivores.