Uberabasuchus
| Uberabasuchus Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | †Sebecia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | †Uberabasuchus Carvalho et al. 2004 |
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Uberabasuchus ("Uberaba crocodile")[1] is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil. It appears to have a high skull like that of the sebecosuchians, but differs from them in having teeth with circular cross-section. Thus, rather than slicing flesh and blood vessels, it is likely to have inflicted powerful crushing bites . The post-crania and the geology suggesting an arid climate indicate that Uberabasuchus was likely a terrestrial predator.[2]
References
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- ^ Uberabasuchus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ "Crocodiles in the shadow of dinosaurs". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a New Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil - original description of genus (pdf)
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