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Elosuchidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Elosuchidae was named by de Lapparent de Broin (2002).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Elosuchidae by Souza et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Crocodylia by de Lapparent de Broin (2002); to Tethysuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); and to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Elosuchidae by Souza et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Crocodylia by de Lapparent de Broin (2002); to Tethysuchia by Andrade et al. (2011); and to Tethysuchoidea by Souza et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Elosuchidae de Lapparent de Broin |
| 2011 | Elosuchidae Andrade et al. |
| 2019 | Elosuchidae Souza et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. †Elosuchidae de Lapparent de Broin 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. de Lapparent de Broin 2002 | Apomorphies: premaxillaries with two teeth before and between the two first mandibulary teeth, elongated before their narrow basis, which prolongs the narrowed rostrum, elongated and widened before the narrowed anterior border; festoons around the teeth 2–3 and 4–5, wider space between teeth 1 to 10–12 than between the posterior teeth. |