Candidodon Carvalho and Campos 1988 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Candidodontidae

Full reference: I. d. S. Carvalho and D. d. A. Campos. 1988. Um mamífero triconodonte do Cretáceo Inferior do Maranhão, Brasil. Anais de Academia Brasileira de Ciências 60(4):437-446

Parent taxon: Candidodontidae according to J. E. Martin and F. de Lapparent de Broin 2016

See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carvalho 1994, Carvalho and Campos 1988, Carvalho et al. 2004, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Iori and Carvalho 2011, Martin et al. 2010, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, O'Connor et al. 2010, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Pol and Norell 2004, Soto et al. 2011 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Lavocatchampsa

Subtaxa: Candidodon itapecuruense

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at BR-222 bridge, Itapecuru-Mirim (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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