Temporal range: Early - Late Cretaceous, 125–66 Ma
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Skull of A. wegeneri from different angles
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauria
Clade:
Pseudosuchia
Clade:
Crocodylomorpha
Clade:
Crocodyliformes
Clade:
†Notosuchia
Family:
†Uruguaysuchidae
Genus:
†Araripesuchus Price, 1959
Species
†A. gomesii Price, 1959 (type)
†A. wegeneri Buffetaut, 1981
†A. patagonicus Ortega et al., 2000
†A. buitreraensis Pol & Apesteguia, 2005
†A. tsangatsangana Turner, 2006
†A. rattoides Sereno & Larsson, 2009
Araripesuchus is a genus of extinct crocodyliform that existed during the Cretaceous period of the late Mesozoic era some 125 to 66 million years ago.[1][2] Six species of Araripesuchus are currently known. They are generally considered to be notosuchians (belonging to the clade Mesoeucrocodylia), characterized by their varied teeth types and distinct skull elements.[3] This genus consists of six species: A. buitreraensis, discovered in Argentina, A. wegeneri, discovered in Cameroon and Niger, A. rattoides, discovered in Niger, A. tsangatsangana, discovered in Madagascar, A. gomesii (the type species), discovered in Brazil and another species discovered in Argentina, A. patagonicus.[4] It has been argued that the phylogenetic position of this genus is uncertain, and that taxonomic revision is required.
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^Price, L. I. (1959). "Sobre um crocodilideo notossuquio do Cretacico Brasileiro". Boletim Divisao de Geolgia e Mineralogia Rio de Janeiro. 118: 1–55.
^Fernández Dumont, M.L.; Bona, P.; Pol, D.; Apesteguía, S. (2020). "New anatomical information on Araripesuchus buitreraensis with implications for the systematics of Uruguaysuchidae (Crocodyliforms, Notosuchia)". Cretaceous Research. 113: 104494. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11304494F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104494. S2CID 218942443.
millimeters, the skull is the largest Araripesuchus specimen discovered to date. A fifth species, Araripesuchus tsangatsangana was described in 2006....
deep skulls and prominent canine-like teeth. Recent research found Araripesuchus wegeneri, Armadillosuchus arrudai, Baurusuchus, Iberosuchus macrodon...
unknown how Simosuchus arrived in Madagascar. A similar crocodyliform, Araripesuchus tsangatsangana, is also known from the Maevarano Formation, but its...
America and Africa during the Cretaceous period. It includes the genera Araripesuchus and Uruguaysuchus. Below is a cladogram from Soto et al. (2011): Soto...
in turn groups together with uruguaysuchids such as Anatosuchus and Araripesuchus as an early diverging branch of notosuchians. Kaprosuchus was once thought...
yet-unnamed noasaurid. Crocodylomorphs like Sarcosuchus, Anatosuchus, Araripesuchus, and Stolokrosuchus also lived there. In addition, remains of a pterosaur...
scavenging on the remains of Leedsichthys. A study on the bone histology of Araripesuchus buitreraensis, providing evidence of generally slow, annually interrupted...
alvarezsauroid Alnashetri. Other reptiles include the crocodyliform Araripesuchus, sphenodontians, snakes, and the turtle Prochelidella. Other vertebrates...
Sarcosuchus imperator, as well as small notosuchians like Anatosuchus minor, Araripesuchus wegeneri, and Stolokrosuchus lapparenti. The local flora probably consisted...
lived in the area, such as the primitive snake Najash, the crocodile Araripesuchus, along with turtles, fish, pipid frogs and mammals. Pterosaurs also...
posterior part of the neck down to the middle of the tail as is seen in Araripesuchus and other basal crocodyliforms; this differs from the pattern seen in...
several specimens of Uruguaysuchus—a crocodyliform closely related to Araripesuchus—as well as the teeth of indeterminate iguanodontians and theropods....
Baurusuchus pachecoi but not Sebecus icaeorhinus, Sphagesaurus huenei, Araripesuchus gomesi, Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi, or Crocodylus niloticus. In contrast...
indeterminate unenlagiine dromaeosaurid, and a megaraptoran. The crocodyliforms Araripesuchus and Caririsuchus, as well as the turtles Brasilemys, Cearachelys, Araripemys...
Eocarcharia, and Afromimus. Crocodylomorphs like Sarcosuchus, Anatosuchus, Araripesuchus, and Stolokrosuchus also lived there. In addition, remains of a pterosaur...
variety is visible when the skull is viewed from the side. †Araripesuchus †Araripesuchus tsangatsangana 125–66 Ma Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Province...
Sarcosuchus imperator or SuperCroc Anatosuchus minor or DuckCroc from Niger Araripesuchus rattoides or RatCroc from Niger and Morocco Kaprosuchus saharicus or...
Archosaurs Genus Species Material Notes Images Aegyptosaurus A. baharijensis Araripesuchus A. rattoides Bahariasaurus B. ingens Carcharodontosaurus C. iguidensis...
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