Uruguaysuchidae
| Uruguaysuchidae Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–66 Ma |
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| Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
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†Uruguaysuchidae Gasparini, 1971 |
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Uruguaysuchidae is a family of notosuchian crocodyliforms that lived in South America and Africa during the Cretaceous period. It includes the genera Araripesuchus and Uruguaysuchus. Below is a cladogram from Soto et al. (2011):
A. wegeneri
A. buitreraensis
A. gomesii
A. patagonicus
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