Uruguaysuchidae
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):
| Notosuchia |
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| Uruguaysuchidae Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Block containing multiple specimens of Araripesuchus wegeneri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Uruguaysuchidae Gasparini, 1971 |
| Subgroups | |
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