Atoposauridae Temporal range: Kimmeridgian-early Tithonian, 157.3–152.3 Ma |
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Only known specimen of Atoposaurus oberndorfi | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
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†Atoposauridae Gervais, 1871 |
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Atoposauridae is a family of crocodile-line archosaurs belonging to Neosuchia. Members of the family are known only from Late Jurassic marine deposits in France and Bavaria, southern Germany.
Cladogram modified from Buscalioni and Sanz (1988) and Buscalioni and Sanz (1990):