Atoposauridae

In today's world, Atoposauridae has gained great relevance in various areas of daily life. Since its emergence, Atoposauridae has caught the attention of many people due to its impact and influence in different aspects. There are several factors that have contributed to its popularity, such as its importance in the work environment, its relevance in society, its impact on technology or its influence on contemporary culture. In this article, we will further explore the role Atoposauridae plays today and how it has managed to capture the interest of so many people around the world.

Atoposauridae
Temporal range:
Only known specimen of Atoposaurus oberndorfi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: †Atoposauridae
Gervais, 1871
Genera
Synonyms
  • Alligatorellidae Tornier, 1933

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]

Atoposauridae

References

  1. ^ a b Buscalioni, Angela D; José Luis Sanz (1988). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Atoposauridae (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha)". Historical Biology. 1 (3): 233–250. Bibcode:1988HBio....1..233B. doi:10.1080/08912968809386477.
  2. ^ Tennant, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul (2016). "Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 854–936. doi:10.1111/zoj.12400.
  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. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1260617S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160617. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5310792. PMID 28199316.
  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. 2: e599. doi:10.7717/peerj.599. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4179893. PMID 25279270.
  5. ^ Márton Venczel; Vlad A. Codrea (2019). "A new Theriosuchus-like crocodyliform from the Maastrichtian of Romania". Cretaceous Research. 100: 24–38. Bibcode:2019CrRes.100...24V. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.018. S2CID 133729562.
  6. ^ 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. Bibcode:1990JVPal..10..244B. doi:10.1080/02724634.1990.10011810.


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