Adamantinasuchus Nobre and Carvalho 2006 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sphagesauridae

Full reference: P. H. Nobre and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2006. Adamantinasuchus navae: A new Gondwanan Crocodylomorpha (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Gondwana Research 10:370-378

Parent taxon: Sphagesauridae according to J. V. Ruiz et al. 2021

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Iori and Carvalho 2011, Martinelli et al. 2018, Nobre and Carvalho 2006, Novas et al. 2009, O'Connor et al. 2010, Pol et al. 2014, Sertich and O'Connor 2014 and Turner and Sertich 2010

Sister taxa: Caipirasuchinae, Sphagesaurinae, Yacarerani

Subtaxa: Adamantinasuchus navae

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at MarĂ­lia reservoir dam locality (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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