| Uberabasuchus | |
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| Life restoration of Uberabasuchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | † Notosuchia |
| Clade: | † Sebecosuchia |
| Clade: | † Sebecia |
| Family: | † Peirosauridae |
| Genus: | † Uberabasuchus Carvalho et al. 2004 |
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Uberabasuchus ("Uberaba crocodile") [1] is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil. It appears to have a high skull like that of the sebecosuchians, but differs from them in having teeth with circular cross-section. Thus, rather than slicing flesh and blood vessels, it is likely to have inflicted powerful crushing bites (same is likely for Lomasuchus and Peirosaurus ). The post-crania and the geology suggesting an arid climate indicate that Uberabasuchus was likely a terrestrial predator. [2]
