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†family Paralligatoridae Konjukova 1954 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Paralligatoridae

Parent taxon: Eusuchia according to A. H. Turner 2015

See also Adams 2014, Buffetaut 1982, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966, Montefeltro et al. 2013 and Storrs and Efimov 2000

Sister taxa: Aegyptosuchidae, Albertosuchus, Allodaposuchidae, Cocodrylidae, Confractosuchus, Crocodylia, Dolichochampsidae, Heterosuchus valdensis, Hylaeochampsidae, Isisfordia, Pristichampsus, Pristichampsus rollinati, Stromerosuchidae, Susisuchus, Wanosuchus

Subtaxa: Batrachomimus Brillanceausuchus Kansajsuchus Paralligator Paralligator sungaricus Rugosuchus Scolomastax Shamosuchus Shamosuchus borealis Tarsomordeo Wannchampsus Yanjisuchus

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), China (4), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (9), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (3: Texas), Uzbekistan (1)

• Jurassic of Brazil (1)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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