| 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.