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Atoposauridae

Atoposauridae
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian-early Tithonian, 157.3–152.3 Ma
Atoposaurus oberndorfi Teylers.JPG
Only known specimen of Atoposaurus oberndorfi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: Atoposauridae
Gervais, 1871
Genera
Synonyms
  • Alligatorellidae Tornier, 1933

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):

Alligatorium

Alligatorellus

Atoposaurus

Montsecosuchus

Theriosuchus




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