Candidodon

Not to be confused with Cardiodon.

Candidodon is an extinct genus of notosuchian mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found in the Early Cretaceous Itapecuru Formation and Alcântara Formation in Brazil.

Candidodon Temporal range: Albian ~112–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	†Notosuchia
Family:	†Candidodontidae
Genus:	†Candidodon Carvalho & Campos 1988
Species
†C. itapecuruense Carvalho & Campos 1988 (type)

Description

The genus is characterized by a particularly elongate pair of choanae in its palate.^[1] It has been named the type genus of the family Candidodontidae, first constructed in 2004.^[2] It was initially assigned to the family with a proposed sister genus, Mariliasuchus, but a recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that Mariliasuchus may instead be closer in relation to Comahuesuchus than to Candidodon and thus a member of the family Comahuesuchidae.^[3] If this is true, Candidodon would be the only member of the family Candidodontidae.