Uruguaysuchidae

Uruguaysuchidae
Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–66 Ma
Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Suborder: Notosuchia
Family: Uruguaysuchidae
Gasparini, 1971
Subgroups

See text.

Uruguaysuchidae 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]

Notosuchia

Uruguaysuchidae


Uruguaysuchus


Araripesuchus


A. wegeneri




A. buitreraensis




A. gomesii



A. patagonicus






Ziphosuchia


Libycosuchus




Simosuchus





Malawisuchus



Candidodon






Chimaerasuchus



Sphagesaurus





Baurusuchus




Bretesuchus



Iberosuchus







Notosuchus




Comahuesuchus



Mariliasuchus








References

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