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Dyrosauridae is a
family of
extinct neosuchian crocodyliforms that
lived from the
Campanian to the Eocene.
Dyrosaurid fossils are
globally distributed...
- an
estimated body
length of 6.5
metres (21 ft).
Although the
family Dyrosauridae is
quite diverse and
contains a
variety of species, the
genus Dyrosaurus...
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Pholidosauridae is
usually considered to be most
closely related to the
Dyrosauridae. However, the
relationship between these families is not
fully understood...
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considered to be a
synonym of
Dyrosauridae or
Pholidosauridae for many years. In most
phylogenetic analyses the node
Dyrosauridae+Pholidosauridae was strongly...
- the
extinction of the
dinosaurs and even
persisted into the Cenozoic.
Dyrosauridae, most
notably Dyrosaurus and
Hyposaurus fossils, are also
known form...
- the
Early Cretaceous,
which includes modern crocodilians.
Along with
Dyrosauridae and Sebecosuchia, they were the only
crocodyliformes who
survived the...
- (earliest
Paleocene age). It is a
mesosuchian crocodyliform in the
family Dyrosauridae. It is
closely related to
dyrosaurs and
congosaurs (Schwarz-Wings). The...
- Buffetaut, E. (1979). "Présence du
Crocodilien Phosphatosaurus (Mesosuchia,
Dyrosauridae) dans le Paléocène du
Niger et du Mali". Paläontologische Zeitschrift...
- north-eastern Colombia:
biogeographic and
behavioural implications for New-World
Dyrosauridae:
SECOND NEW
DYROSAURID FROM COLOMBIA". Palaeontology. 54 (5): 1095–1116...
- and even
invaded the seas (e.g., the teleosaurs,
Metriorhynchidae and
Dyrosauridae). The
Metriorhynchidae were
rather dolphin-like, with paddle-like forelimbs...
