Allodaposuchidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Santonian–Maastrichtian |
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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 |
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Genera | |
†Agaresuchus |
†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.