Gobiosuchidae Temporal range: Late Barremian - Late Campanian | |
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A specimen of Gobiosuchus encased in armor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Superfamily: | † Gobiosuchoidea |
Family: | † Gobiosuchidae Osmólska, 1972 |
Gobiosuchidae is a family of Cretaceous crocodyliforms known from Mongolia and Spain.
Three genera are currently classified within Gobiosuchidae: Cassissuchus , Gobiosuchus , and Zaraasuchus . [1]
According to Pol & Norell (2004), gobiosuchids form a clade united by the following synapomorphies: