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Uberabasuchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
†Peirosauridae

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Reptilia

Phylum
  
Chordata

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Genus
  
†Uberabasuchus Carvalho et al., 2004

Similar
  
Peirosauridae, Mariliasuchus, Adamantinasuchus, Mahajangasuchus, Montealtosuchus

Uberabasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It was about 2.5 m long and appears to have a high skull like that of the sebecosuchians, but differs from them in having teeth with circular cross-section. Thus, rather than slicing flesh and blood vessels, it is likely to have inflicted powerful crushing bites (same is likely for Lomasuchus and Peirosaurus). The post-crania and the geology suggesting an arid climate indicate that Uberabasuchus was likely a terrestrial predator.

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