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    Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians". They are the first members of Crocodylomorpha...
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    recovered from the formation, alongside those of multiple species of crocodyliformes. Gadoufaoua (Tuareg for "the place where camels fear to go") is a site...
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    a monograph published in ZooKeys in 2009 along with other Saharan crocodyliformes such as Anatosuchus and Laganosuchus. The type species is K. saharicus...
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    Crocodilia were moved to Crocodylomorpha and the slightly more restrictive Crocodyliformes. Crocodylomorpha has been given the rank of superorder in some 20th...
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    The Lourinhã Formation (Portuguese pronunciation: [loɾiˈɲɐ̃] ) is a fossil rich geological formation in western Portugal, named for the municipality of...
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    The Shaximiao Formation (simplified Chinese: 沙溪庙组; traditional Chinese: 沙溪廟組 / 沙溪廟層; pinyin: Shāxīmiào zǔ) is a Middle to Late Jurassic aged geological...
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    sebecosuchian. In 2012, a phylogenetic study was done to produce supertrees of Crocodyliformes, including 184 species. The most parsimonious trees were highly resolved...
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  • Crocodyliformes Genus Species Presence Notes Sunosuchus Indeterminate...
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    crocodilians. Along with Dyrosauridae and Sebecosuchia, they were the only crocodyliformes who survived the K-Pg extinction. Eusuchia was originally defined by...
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    specialised for oceanic life, with back osteoderms similar to other crocodyliformes. Within Metriorhynchoidea, the Metriorhynchidae displayed extreme adaptions...
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