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Sphagesauridae
Taxonomy
Sphagesauridae was named by Kuhn (1968). It was considered paraphyletic by Turner and Sertich (2010).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol (2003); it was reranked as the unranked clade Sphagesauridae by Pinheiro et al. (2021) and Ruiz et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Notosuchia by Marinho and Carvalho (2009); to Notosuchia by Andrade and Bertini (2008) and Turner and Sertich (2010); to Ziphosuchia by Pol et al. (2014); and to Sphagesauria by Pinheiro et al. (2021) and Ruiz et al. (2021).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Mesoeucrocodylia by Pol (2003); it was reranked as the unranked clade Sphagesauridae by Pinheiro et al. (2021) and Ruiz et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Notosuchia by Marinho and Carvalho (2009); to Notosuchia by Andrade and Bertini (2008) and Turner and Sertich (2010); to Ziphosuchia by Pol et al. (2014); and to Sphagesauria by Pinheiro et al. (2021) and Ruiz et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Sphagesauridae Kuhn |
| 2008 | Sphagesauridae Andrade and Bertini |
| 2009 | Sphagesauridae Marinho and Carvalho p. 37 |
| 2010 | Sphagesauridae Turner and Sertich |
| 2014 | Sphagesauridae Pol et al. |
| 2021 | Sphagesauridae Pinheiro et al. |
| 2021 | Sphagesauridae Ruiz 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. †Sphagesauridae Kuhn 1968
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Unr. †Caipirasuchinae Pinheiro et al. 2021
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G. †Caipirasuchus Iori and Carvalho 2011
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†Caipirasuchus attenboroughi Ruiz et al. 2021
†Caipirasuchus catanduvensis Iori et al. 2024
†Caipirasuchus mineirus Martinelli et al. 2018
†Caipirasuchus montealtensis Andrade and Bertini 2008
†Caipirasuchus paulistanus Iori and Carvalho 2011
†Caipirasuchus stenognathus Pol et al. 2014
Unr. †Sphagesaurinae Kuhn 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turonian - Campanian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Caipirasuchus attenboroughi (219924) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Adamantinasuchus navae (113110) Armadillosuchus arrudai (90094) Armadillosuchus sp. (204759) Caipirasuchus montealtensis (147698) Caipirasuchus sp., Caipirasuchus paulistanus (120506) Caipirasuchus stenognathus (112699) Morrinhosuchus luziae (67540 105127 161609) Sphagesauridae indet. (156128) Sphagesaurus huenei (112003 114969 114970) Sphagesaurus montealtensis (114458) Sphagesaurus sp. (57000 118192) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) | Yacarerani boliviensis (113764) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Caipirasuchus mineirus (196356) |