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Sphagesauridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Chordata

Node
  
†Ziphosuchia

Sphagesauridae

Similar
  
Armadillosuchus, Baurusuchidae, Notosuchia, Chimaerasuchus, Peirosauridae

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.

References

Sphagesauridae Wikipedia