- and the
United States) and
South America (Brazil and Uruguay). The
pholidosaurids first appeared in the
fossil record during the
Bathonian stage of the...
-
zones mixing freshwater and
marine waters.
Sarcosuchus stands out
among pholidosaurids for
being considered a
generalist predator,
different from most known...
-
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...
- France. The
rostrum of the
skull was
relatively short compared to
other pholidosaurids.
Oceanosuchus was
described in 2007 by Hua and colleagues. The type...
-
Martin et al. (2014)
named the
clade after finding goniopholidids and
pholidosaurids to
group together in
their phylogenetic analysis of
crocodyliform evolutionary...
- the
presence of
significant differences in the
braincase structure of
pholidosaurids and dyrosaurids,
questioning the
close affinity of the two groups. Redescription...
- Liard, R.; Suteethorn, V. (2013). Angielczyk,
Kenneth (ed.). "A
large pholidosaurid in the Phu
Kradung Formation of north-eastern Thailand". Palaeontology...
- the Late
Cretaceous alligatoroid Deinosuchus, the
Early Cretaceous pholidosaurid Sarcosuchus and the
Miocene gavialid Gryposuchus, at 10.6 m, 9.5 m and...
-
among goniopholids, with most
genera preserving them and even some
pholidosaurids sharing this characteristic. The
number is
comparably high in Ophiussasuchus...
