Sphagesauridae

Sphagesauridae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved very mammal-like teeth and jaws.^[1][2] Both Sphagesaurus and Adamantinasuchus are known from the Turonian to Santonian of Brazil.^[3][4]

Sphagesauridae Temporal range: 90–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Turonian – Maastrichtian
Life restoration of Armadillosuchus arrudai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	†Notosuchia
Clade:	†Sphagesauria
Family:	†Sphagesauridae Kuhn, 1968
Genera
†Adamantinasuchus †Labidiosuchus †Yacarerani †Sphagesaurinae †Armadillosuchus †Caryonosuchus †Sphagesaurus †Caipirasuchinae †Caipirasuchus †Morrinhosuchus