Diplocynodontinae
Diplocynodontinae Temporal range: Eocene - Miocene, Possible Paleocene occurrence | |
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Skeleton of Diplocynodon darwini | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
Subfamily: | †Diplocynodontinae Brochu, 1999 |
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Diplocynodontinae is a clade of alligatoroid crocodilians that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene in Europe. It includes 10 species and two genera, Diplocynodon and Baryphracta, although Baryphracta may be a junior synonym of Diplocynodon. The fossil range of the group may extend back into the Paleocene depending on whether remains of an alligatoroid from Berru, France belong to a diplocynodontine.[1]
References
- ↑ Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2012). "Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1358. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.699484.
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