Baurusuchidae

Taxobox
name = Baurusuchidae
fossil_range = Fossil range|90|65 Turonian - Maastrichtian


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_subordo = Mesoeucrocodylia
subordo = Notosuchia
familia = Baurusuchidae
familia_authority = Price, 1945
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision =
*"Baurusuchus"
*"Cynodontosuchus"
*"Pabweshi"
*"Stratiotosuchus"
*"Wargosuchus"

Baurusuidae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial hypercarnivorous crocodilians, currently known from South America (Argentina and Brazil) and India. Baurusuchidae is defined as the common ancestors of "Baurusuchus" and "Stratiotosuchus" and all their descendants.Carvalho IS, Campos ACA, Nobre PH. 2005. "Baurusuchus salgadoensis", a new Crocodylomorpha (Cretaceous), Brazil. "Gondwana Research" 8: 11–30.]

Genera

*"Baurusuchus": genus from the Turonian - Santonian of Brazil.Candeiro CRA, Martinelli AG, Avilla LS, Rich TH. 2006. Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal. "Cretaceous Research" 27 (6): 923-946.]
*"Cynodontosuchus": genus from the Coniacian - Santonian of Argentina.
*"Pabweshi": genus from the Maastrichtian of India.Wilson JA, Malkane MS, Gingerich PD. 2001. New crocodyliform (Reptilia, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous Pab Formation of Vitakri, Balochistan (Pakistan). "Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michingan" 30: 321-336.]
*"Stratiosuchus": genus from the Turonian - Santonian of Brazil.
*"Wargosuchus": genus from the Santonian of Argentina.Martinelli AG, Pais DF. e-published 2008. A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina). "Comptes Rendus Palevol".]

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