Candidodon

Candidodon

Candidodon Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Class	Sauropsida
Order (Unranked)	Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder	Notosuchia
Family (Unranked)	Peirosaurimorpha
Family	Candidodontidae Carvalho et al., 2004
Genus	Candidodon Carvalho and Campos, 1988
Species	C. itapecuruense Carvalho and Campos, 1988

Candidodon is an extinct genus of peirosaurimorphan mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found of Early Cretaceous age from Brazil. The genus is characterized by a particularly elongate pair of choanae in its palate.^[1] It has been named the type genus of the family Candidodontidae, first constructed in 2004.^[2] It was initially assigned to the family with a proposed sister genus, Mariliasuchus, but a recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that Mariliasuchus may instead be closer in relation to Comahuesuchus than to Candidodon and thus a member of the family Comahuesuchidae.^[3] If this is true, Candidodon would be the only member of the family Candidodontidae.

References[]

^ de Andrade, M. B., Bertini, R. J. and Pinheiro, A. E. P. (2006) Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): phylogenetic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 9(3):323-332.
^ Carvalho, I., Ribeiro, L. C. B. and Avilla, L. (2004). Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a New Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 7(4):975-1002
^ Zaher, H. ; Pol, D. ; Carvalho, A. B. ; Riccomini, C. ; Campos, D. ; Navas, W. (2006). Re-description of the cranial morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and its phylogenetic affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia). American Museum Novitates 3512: 1-40.

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[1] Andrade, M. B., Bertini, R. J. and Pinheiro, A. E. P. (2006) Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): phylogenetic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 9(3):323-332.

[2] Carvalho, I., Ribeiro, L. C. B. and Avilla, L. (2004). Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a New Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 7(4):975-1002

[3] Zaher, H. ; Pol, D. ; Carvalho, A. B. ; Riccomini, C. ; Campos, D. ; Navas, W. (2006). Re-description of the cranial morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and its phylogenetic affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia). American Museum Novitates 3512: 1-40.

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