Sphagesauridae

Sphagesauridae; Temporal range: 90–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Turonian – Maastrichtian
	Life restoration of Armadillosuchus arrudai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Clade:	†Notosuchia
Clade:	†Sphagesauria
Family:	†Sphagesauridae; Kuhn, 1968
Genera
	†Adamantinasuchus; †Labidiosuchus; †Yacarerani; †Sphagesaurinae †Armadillosuchus; †Caryonosuchus; †Sphagesaurus; ; †Caipirasuchinae †Caipirasuchus; †Morrinhosuchus; ;

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.^[1]^[2] Both Sphagesaurus and Adamantinasuchus are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.^[3]^[4]

References

^ MARINHO, T.S. & CARVALHO, I.S. Revision of the Sphagesauridae KUHN, 1968 (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia). In: CARVALHO, I.S.; CASSAB, R.C.T.; SCHWANKE, C.; CARVALHO, M.A.; FERNANDES, A.C.S.; RODRIGUES, M.A.; CARVALHO, M.S.S.; ARAI, M.; OLIVEIRA, M.E.Q. (Orgs.). Paleontologia: Cenários de Vida. 1 ed. Rio de Janeiro: Interciência, 2007, v.1, p.589-599.
^ Pol D. 2003. New remains of Sphagesaurus huenei (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (4): 817–831.
^ 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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