Atoposauridae Explained

Atoposauridae is a family of crocodile-like archosaurs belonging to Neosuchia.[1] The majority of the family are known from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous marine deposits in France, Portugal, and Bavaria in southern Germany.[2] [3] [4] The discovery of the genus Aprosuchus, however, extends the duration of the lineage to the end of the Cretaceous in Romania.[5]

Classification

Phylogeny

Cladogram modified from Buscalioni and Sanz (1988)[1] and Buscalioni and Sanz (1990):[6]

Notes and References

  1. Buscalioni . Angela D . José Luis Sanz . 1988 . Phylogenetic relationships of the Atoposauridae (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) . Historical Biology . Harwood Academic Publishers Inc. --> . 1 . 3 . 233–250 . 2008-09-05 --> . 10.1080/08912968809386477 . 1988HBio....1..233B . free .
  2. Tennant . Jonathan P.. Mannion . Philip D.. Upchurch . Paul . Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2016 . 177 . 4 . 854–936 . 10.1111/zoj.12400. free .
  3. Schwarz. Daniela. Raddatz. Maik. Wings. Oliver. 2017-02-15. Knoetschkesuchus langenbergensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a new atoposaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany), and its relationships to Theriosuchus. PLOS ONE. 12. 2. e0160617. 10.1371/journal.pone.0160617. 28199316. 1932-6203. 5310792. 2017PLoSO..1260617S. free.
  4. Tennant. Jonathan P.. Mannion. Philip D.. 2014-09-25. Revision of the Late Jurassic crocodyliform Alligatorellus, and evidence for allopatric speciation driving high diversity in western European atoposaurids. PeerJ. en. 2. e599. 10.7717/peerj.599. 25279270. 2167-8359. 4179893 . free .
  5. Márton Venczel . Vlad A. Codrea . 2019 . A new Theriosuchus-like crocodyliform from the Maastrichtian of Romania . Cretaceous Research . 100 . 24–38 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.018 . 2019CrRes.100...24V . 133729562 .
  6. 10.1080/02724634.1990.10011810 . Buscalioni . A. D. . Sanz, J. L. . 1990 . Montsecosuchus depereti (Crocodylomorpha, Atoposauridae), new denomination for Alligatorium depereti Vidal, 1915 (Early Cretaceous, Spain): Redescription and phylogenetic relationships . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 10 . 2 . 244–254. 1990JVPal..10..244B .

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