Uruguaysuchidae
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| Uruguaysuchidae Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–65Ma | |
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| Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Metasuchia |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae Gasparini, 1971 |
Uruguaysuchus is a family of notosuchian crocodyliforms that lived in South America and Africa during the Cretaceous period. It includes the genera Araripesuchus and Uruguaysuchus. Below is a cladogram from Soto et al. (2011):[1]
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References
- ↑ Soto, M.; Pol, D.; and Perea, D. (2011). "A new specimen of Uruguaysuchus aznarezi (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the middle Cretaceous of Uruguay and its phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (S1): S173–S198. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00717.x.
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