Peirosauridae

Taxobox
name = Peirosauridae
fossil_range = Fossil range|90|66 Turonian - Maastrichtian

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Uberabasuchus".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Archosauromorpha
superordo = Crocodylomorpha
unranked_subordo = Mesoeucrocodylia
familia = Peirosauridae
subordo_authority = Gasparini, 1982
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision =
*"Peirosaurus"
*"Lomasuchus"
*"Uberabasuchus"
*"Montealtosuchus"
*?"Mahajangasuchus"
*?"Stolokrosuchus"

Peirosauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved a rather dog-like form, and were terrestrial carnivores.

Genera

*"Peirosaurus": genus from the late Maastrichtian 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.]
*"Lomasuchus": genus from either Coniacian-Santonian or Campanian-Maastrichtian of Argentina.Carvalho IS, Ribeiro LCB, Avilla LS. 2004. "Uberabasuchus terrificus" sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. "Gondwana Research" 7 (4): 975-1002.]
*"Uberasuchus": genus from the late Maastrichtian of Brazil.
*"Montealtosuchus": genus from the Turonian - Santonian of Brazil.Carvalho IS, Vasconcellos FM, Tavares SAS. 2007. "Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi", a new peirosaurid crocodile (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. "Zootaxa" 1607: 35–46 ]

References

External links

* [http://acd.ufrj.br/ismar/3/3_15.pdf Description of "Uberabasuchus"]
* [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01607p046f.pdf Description of "Montealtosuchus"]