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Allodaposuchidae

Allodaposuchidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Santonian–Maastrichtian
Allodaposuchus precedens.jpg
A. precedens skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Allodaposuchidae
Narváez et al. 2015
Type species
Allodaposuchus precedens
Nopcsa, 1928
Genera

Agaresuchus
Allodaposuchus
Arenysuchus
Ischyrochampsa
Lohuecosuchus
Massaliasuchus
Musturzabalsuchus


Agaresuchus
Allodaposuchus
Arenysuchus
Ischyrochampsa
Lohuecosuchus
Massaliasuchus
Musturzabalsuchus

Allodaposuchidae is an extinct family of basal eusuchians that lived in southern Europe during the Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Maastrichtian).

The type genus, Allodaposuchus, was originally described in 1928 from the Maastrichtian-age Sard Formation of the Hațeg Basin in Transylvania, Romania, and classified as a relative of the North American Leidyosuchus. It was later classified as a eusuchian outside of Crocodylia in a 2001 paper, and subsequent studies found a number of European eusuchian species (Arenysuchus, Ischyrochampsa, Massaliasuchus, Musturzabalsuchus) to group with Allodaposuchus, prompting the erection of the clade Allodaposuchidae to accommodate Allodaposuchus and all European eusuchians closely related to it.



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