Atoposauridae

Atoposauridae
Temporal range: 167.7–65.5Ma

Late Bathonian - Maastrichtian

Montsecosuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: Atoposauridae
Gervais, 1871
Synonyms
  • Alligatorellidae Tornier, 1933

Atoposauridae is a family of crocodile-like archosaurs.[1] Members of the family have been found from France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Germany, Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Cameroon, and Thailand.

Classification

Phylogeny

Cladogram modified from Buscalioni and Sanz (1988)[1] and Buscalioni and Sanz (1990):[2]

Atoposauridae 


Alligatorium



Alligatorellus



Atoposaurus





Montsecosuchus



Theriosuchus




References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Buscalioni, Angela D; Jose Luis Sanz. "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Atoposauridae (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha)" (PDF). Historical Biology (Harwood Academic Publishers Inc.) I (1988): 233–250. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  2. Buscalioni, A. D.; and Sanz, J. L. (1990). "Montsecosuchus depereti (Crocodylomorpha, Atoposauridae), new denomination for Alligatorium depereti Vidal, 1915 (Early Cretaceous, Spain): Redescription and phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10 (2): 244–254. doi:10.1080/02724634.1990.10011810.