Diplocynodontinae Temporal range: Eocene - Miocene, Possible Paleocene occurrence |
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Skeleton of Diplocynodon darwini | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
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†Diplocynodontinae Brochu, 1999 |
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Diplocynodontinae is a clade of alligatoroid crocodilians that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene in Europe. It includes 10 species and two genera, Diplocynodon and Baryphracta, although Baryphracta may be a junior synonym of Diplocynodon. The fossil range of the group may extend back into the Paleocene depending on whether remains of an alligatoroid from Berru, France belong to a diplocynodontine.