Uruguaysuchidae

Extinct family of reptiles

Uruguaysuchidae
Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–66 Ma
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Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: †Notosuchia
Family: †Uruguaysuchidae
Gasparini, 1971
Subgroups

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]

References

  1. ^ Soto, M.; Pol, D.; Perea, D. (2011). "A new specimen of Uruguaysuchus aznarezi (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the middle Cretaceous of Uruguay and its phylogenetic relationships". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (S1): S173–S198. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00717.x. hdl:11336/69086.
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Pseudosuchia
    • see Pseudosuchia
Ziphosuchia
    • see below↓
Mahajangasuchidae
Sebecidae
Peirosauridae
Pepesuchinae
Peirosaurinae
Notosuchia
    • see below↓
Mahajangasuchus insignis

Sebecus icaeorhinus Itasuchus jesuinoi

Uberabasuchus terrificus
Candidodontidae?
Baurusuchia
Baurusuchidae
Baurusuchinae
Pissarrachampsinae
Sphagesauria
Notosuchidae
Sphagesauridae
Sphagesaurinae
Caipirasuchinae
Uruguaysuchus aznaresi

Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Baurusuchus salgadoensis

Notosuchus terrestris
  • Terrestrial crocodylomorphs
Taxon identifiers
Uruguaysuchidae


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