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Uruguaysuchidae
Extinct family of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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Quick Facts Scientific classification, Subgroups ...
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Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | †Notosuchia |
Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae Gasparini, 1971 |
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