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Sphagesauridae

Wikipedia Abstract

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. Both Sphagesaurus and Adamantinasuchus are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.
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Genus

Adamantinasuchus (1)
Armadillosuchus (1)
Caipirasuchus (5)
Caryonosuchus (1)
Morrinhosuchus (1)
Sphagesaurus (1)
Yacarerani (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0