Sphagesauridae
Extinct family of reptiles
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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.[1][2] Both Sphagesaurus and Adamantinasuchus are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.[3][4]
| Sphagesauridae Temporal range: Turonian – Maastrichtian | |
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| Life restoration of Armadillosuchus arrudai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sphagesauria |
| Family: | †Sphagesauridae Kuhn, 1968 |
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