Sphagesauridae Temporal range: 90–83 Ma Turonian - Santonian |
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Life restoration of Armadillosuchus arrudai | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Node: | †Ziphosuchia |
Family: |
†Sphagesauridae Kuhn, 1968 |
Genera | |
Sphagesauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved very mammal-like teeth and jaws. Both Sphagesaurus and Adamantinasuchus are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.