†family Sebecidae Savage 1951 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Sebecidae

Full reference: D. E. Savage. 1951. Report on Fossil Vertebrates from the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Science 114(2955):186-187

Parent taxon: Sebecoidea according to G. G. Bravo et al. 2025

See also Buffetaut 1982, Busbey 1986, Carroll 1988, Carvalho et al. 2004, Colbert 1946, Gasparini 1984, Gasparini et al. 1991, Kuhn 1966, Larsson and Sues 2007, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Riff et al. 2010, Ruiz et al. 2024, Sellés et al. 2020 and Turner and Calvo 2005

Sister taxa: Bergisuchus, Dentaneosuchus, Iberosuchus, Ogresuchus, Tewkensuchus

Subtaxa: Ayllusuchus Barinasuchus Bretesuchus Ilchunaia Langstonia Lorosuchus Sahitisuchus Sebecus Zulmasuchus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)

• Miocene of Colombia (4), Cuba (1), Peru (3), Venezuela (1)

• Deseadan of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Peru (4), United States (1: Puerto Rico)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (11), Brazil (1), Peru (3), United States (2: California)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1)

Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences

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