Paralligatoridae

Paralligatoridae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous, Oxfordian–Maastrichtian
Skulls of Paralligator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Neosuchia
Family: †Paralligatoridae
Konzhukova, 1954
Genera

†Batrachomimus
†Brillanceausuchus
†Kansajsuchus
†Paralligator
†Rugosuchus
†Sabresuchus
†Scolomastax
†Shamosuchus
†Tarsomordeo
†Wannchampsus
†Yanjisuchus

Paralligatoridae is an extinct family of neosuchian crocodyliforms that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It includes the genera Paralligator, Brillanceausuchus, Kansajsuchus, Shamosuchus, Scolomastax, Sabresuchus, Rugosuchus, Batrachomimus and Wannchampsus, as well as the yet-unnamed "Glen Rose form".[1][2]

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  2. ^ Thomas L. Adams (2014). "Small crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (late Aptian) of central Texas and its systematic relationship to the evolution of Eusuchia". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (5): 1031–1049. doi:10.1666/12-089. S2CID 84776430.