Gobiosuchidae

Gobiosuchidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Informal group: Protosuchia
Family: Gobiosuchidae
Osmólska, 1972

Gobiosuchidae is a family of Late Cretaceous crocodyliforms that lived in what is now the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

Genera

The two genera currently classified within Gobiosuchidae are Gobiosuchus and Zaraasuchus.

Synapomorphies

According to Pol & Norell (2004), gobiosuchids form a clade united by the following synapomorphies:

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