Biology:Itasuchidae
| Itasuchidae | |
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| Restoration of the itasuchid Itasuchus jesuinoi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Itasuchidae Carvalho et al., 2004 |
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Itasuchidae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Cretaceous period. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms that evolved a rather dog-like form, and were terrestrial carnivores.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic analysis of Carvalho et al. (2004) found a sister relationship between Malawisuchus and Itasuchus. They named this node family Itasuchidae, and found it to be a member of Peirosauroidea. However, their analysis didn't include any neosuchians or (other than Itasuchus) trematochampsids.[1] Later studies placed Itasuchus as a trematochampsid (and not closely related to the more derived notosuchian Malawisuchus).[2] In their 2018 paper renaming "Goniopholis" paulistanus as Roxochampsa, Pinheiro et al. (2018) redefined Itasuchidae so that only ziphosuchians more closely related to Itasuchus than Barreirosuchus, Montealtosuchus, Mahajangasuchus, and Sebecus were included in the family.[3]
References
- ↑ Carvalho, I.S.; Ribeiro, L.C.B.; Avilla, L.S. (2004). "Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil". Gondwana Research 7 (4): 975–1002. doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71079-0. ISSN 1342-937X. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162632/http://acd.ufrj.br/ismar/3/3_15.pdf.
- ↑ Fabiano Vidoi Iori; Karina Lucia Garcia (2012). "Barreirosuchus franciscoi, um novo Crocodylomorpha Trematochampsidae da Bacia Bauru, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Geociências 42 (2): 397–410. doi:10.5327/z0375-75362012000200013. http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/rbg/article/view/18378.
- ↑ Piacentini Pinheiro, André E.; Pereira, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa; de Souza, Rafael G.; Brum, Arthur S.; Lopes, Ricardo T.; Machado, Alessandra S.; Bergqvist, Lílian P.; Simbras, Felipe M. (2018-08-01). "Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials". PLOS ONE 13 (8): e0199984. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199984. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 30067779.
Wikidata ☰ Q56273852 entry
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