Itasuchidae
Temporal range:
Restoration of the itasuchid Itasuchus jesuinoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: †Notosuchia
Clade: †Sebecosuchia
Clade: †Sebecia
Family: †Itasuchidae
Carvalho et al., 2004
Genera

Itasuchidae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Cretaceous period. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms that evolved a rather dog-like form, and were terrestrial carnivores.

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic analysis of Carvalho et al. (2004) found a sister relationship between Malawisuchus and Itasuchus. They named this node family Itasuchidae, and found it to be a member of Peirosauroidea. However, their analysis didn't include any neosuchians or (other than Itasuchus) trematochampsids.[1] Later studies placed Itasuchus as a trematochampsid (and not closely related to the more derived notosuchian Malawisuchus).[2] In their 2018 paper renaming "Goniopholis" paulistanus as Roxochampsa, Pinheiro et al. (2018) redefined Itasuchidae so that only ziphosuchians more closely related to Itasuchus than Barreirosuchus, Montealtosuchus, Mahajangasuchus, and Sebecus were included in the family.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Carvalho, I.S.; Ribeiro, L.C.B.; Avilla, L.S. (2004). "Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 7 (4): 975–1002. doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71079-0. ISSN 1342-937X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06.
  2. ↑ Fabiano Vidoi Iori & Karina Lucia Garcia (2012). "Barreirosuchus franciscoi, um novo Crocodylomorpha Trematochampsidae da Bacia Bauru, Brasil". Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 42 (2): 397–410. doi:10.5327/z0375-75362012000200013.
  3. ↑ Piacentini Pinheiro, André E.; Pereira, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa; de Souza, Rafael G.; Brum, Arthur S.; Lopes, Ricardo T.; Machado, Alessandra S.; Bergqvist, Lílian P.; Simbras, Felipe M. (2018-08-01). "Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0199984. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199984. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6070184. PMID 30067779.


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