Uberabasuchus

Uberabasuchus
Temporal range: 85–66 Ma

Campanian - Maastrichtian

Life restoration of Uberabasuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Family: Peirosauridae
Genus: Uberabasuchus
Carvalho et al., 2004
Species
  • U. terrificus Carvalho et al., 2004 (type)

Uberabasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It was about 2.5 m long and appears to have a high skull like that of the sebecosuchians, but differs from them in having teeth with circular cross-section. Thus, rather than slicing flesh and blood vessels, it is likely to have inflicted powerful crushing bites (same is likely for Lomasuchus and Peirosaurus). The post-crania and the geology suggesting an arid climate indicate that Uberabasuchus was likely a terrestrial predator.[1]

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