Peirosauridae

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Peirosauridae
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
Uberabasuchus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Family: Peirosauridae
genera

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.


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