Uruguaysuchidae

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

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.

References


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