- and the
United States) and
South America (Brazil and Uruguay). The
pholidosaurids first appeared in the
fossil record during the
Bathonian stage of the...
-
includes the
extant crocodylians and
basal taxa, such as
peirosaurids and
pholidosaurids. It is
phylogenetically defined by
Sereno et al. (2001) as a
clade containing...
- niloticus. Phylogenetically,
Mahajangasuchidae is
placed just
outside pholidosaurids and more
derived neosuchians.
Defining characters of the
family include...
-
zones mixing freshwater and
marine waters.
Sarcosuchus stands out
among pholidosaurids for
being considered a
generalist predator,
different from most known...
- France. The
rostrum of the
skull was
relatively short compared to
other pholidosaurids.
Oceanosuchus was
described in 2007 by Hua and colleagues. The type...
- Cenomanian-Turonian
boundary event when a dyrosaurid-dominated
fauna replaced a
pholidosaurid-dominated one, of
increased tethysuchian biodiversity after the Cretaceous–Paleogene...
-
Martin et al. (2014)
named the
clade after finding goniopholidids and
pholidosaurids to
group together in
their phylogenetic analysis of
crocodyliform evolutionary...
-
likely Kansajsuchus estimated at up to 8 m (26 ft) long. Some
extinct pholidosaurids reached giant sizes. In the past, the
Sarcosuchus imperator was believed...
- Liard, R.; Suteethorn, V. (2013). Angielczyk,
Kenneth (ed.). "A
large pholidosaurid in the Phu
Kradung Formation of north-eastern Thailand". Palaeontology...
-
Crocodylus niloticus, a
modern crocodylid Sarcosuchus imperator, a
pholidosaurid from
North Africa in the
Early Cretaceous Scientific classification...
