| Peirosauridae Fossil range: Turonian - Maastrichtian | |
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 Uberabasuchus | |
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Peirosauridae Gasparini, 1982 | |
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Peirosauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms that evolved a rather dog-like form, and were terrestrial carnivores.
Genera[]
- Peirosaurus: genus from the late Maastrichtian of Brazil.[1]
- Lomasuchus: genus from either Coniacian-Santonian or Campanian-Maastrichtian of Argentina.[2]
- Uberasuchus: genus from the late Maastrichtian of Brazil.[2][1]
- Montealtosuchus: genus from the Turonian - Santonian of Brazil.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Carvalho IS, Ribeiro LCB, Avilla LS. 2004. Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 7 (4): 975-1002.
- ^ Carvalho IS, Vasconcellos FM, Tavares SAS. 2007. Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. Zootaxa 1607: 35–46
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