Uruguaysuchidae is a family of notosuchian crocodyliforms that lived in South America and Africa during the Cretaceous period. It was formally defined under the PhyloCode in 2024 as "the most inclusive clade containing Uruguaysuchus aznarezi but not Baurusuchus pachecoi, Peirosaurus torminni, Mahajangasuchus insignis, Notosuchus terrestris, and Crocodylus niloticus."[1] Below is a modified cladogram that depicts the preferred reference phylogeny, chosen from Fernández Dumont et al. (2020):[2]
| Uruguaysuchidae Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous,
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| Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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References
edit- ^ Leardi, Juan Martín; Pol, Diego; Montefeltro, Felipe; Marinho, Thiago da Silva; Ruiz, Juan Vitor; Bravo, Gonzalo Gabriel; Pinheiro, André Eduardo Piacentini; Godoy, Pedro L.; Nicholl, Cecily S. C.; Lecuona, Agustina; Larsson, Hans C. E. (2024-08-05). "Phylogenetic nomenclature of Notosuchia (Crocodylomorpha; Crocodyliformes)". Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature. 1 (3): 44–82. doi:10.11646/bpn.1.3.2. ISSN 2815-9241.
- ^ Fernández Dumont, M.L.; Bona, P.; Pol, D.; Apesteguía, S. (September 2020). "New anatomical information on Araripesuchus buitreraensis with implications for the systematics of Uruguaysuchidae (Crocodyliforms, Notosuchia)" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 113: 104494. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104494. ISSN 0195-6671.
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