Sphagesauridae

Sphagesauridae

Taxobox
name = Sphagesauridae
fossil_range = Fossil range|90|83 Turonian - Santonian


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_subordo = Mesoeucrocodylia
subordo = Notosuchia
familia = Sphagesauridae
familia_authority = Kuhn, 19682
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision =
*"Sphagesaurus"
*"Adamantinasuchus"

Sphagesauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved very mammal-like teeth and jaws.Pol D. 2003. New remains of "Sphagesaurus huenei" (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 23 (4): 817–831.] Both "Sphagesaurus" and "Adamantinasuchus" are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.Candeiro CRA, Martinelli AG, Avilla LS, Rich TH. 2006. Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal. "Cretaceous Research" 27 (6): 923-946.] Nobre PH, Carvalho IS. 2006. "Adamantinasuchus navae": A new Gondwanan Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. "Gondwana Research" 10: 370–378.]

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