Biology:Diplocynodontinae

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Short description: Extinct clade of reptiles

Diplocynodontinae
Temporal range: Eocene - Miocene, Possible Paleocene occurrence
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Skeleton of Diplocynodon darwini
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Alligatoroidea
Subfamily: Diplocynodontinae
Brochu, 1999
Genera

Baryphracta
Diplocynodon

Synonyms
  • Diplocynodontidae Hua, 2004

Diplocynodontinae is a clade of alligatoroid crocodilians that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene in Europe. It includes 10 species and two genera, Diplocynodon and Baryphracta, although Baryphracta may be a junior synonym of Diplocynodon. The fossil range of the group may extend back into the Paleocene depending on whether remains of an alligatoroid from Berru, France belong to a diplocynodontine.[1]

References

  1. Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2012). "Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (6): 1358. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.699484. 

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