Notosuchia
Genus Age Location Unit Notes
Adamantinasuchus Turonian - Santonian Brazil Adamantina Formation A carnivore with a very short , high skull and large eye sockets
Anatosuchus Aptian - Albian Niger Tegama Group A small notosuchian under 1 metre ( 3.3 ft ) long with a duck-like snout
Araripesuchus Albian - Maastrichtian Madagascar Niger Brazil Argentina Maevarano Formation Echkar Formation Santana Formation Candeleros Formation Six species are known , the most of any notosuchian
Armadillosuchus Turonian - Santonian Brazil Adamantina Formation A sphagesaurid with armadillo -like armor shields
Baurusuchus Turonian Brazil Adamantina Formation A large hypercarnivore 3.5 to 4 metres ( 11 to 13 ft ) in length
Caipirasuchus Turonian - Santonian Brazil Adamantina Formation
Campinasuchus Turonian - Santonian Brazil Adamantina Formation
Candidodon Albian Brazil Itapecuru Formation
Chimaerasuchus Aptian - Albian China Wulong Formation The first notosuchian found with heterodont teeth , thought to be a herbivore
Comahuesuchus Santonian Argentina Bajo de la Carpa Formation
Cynodontosuchus Coniacian - Santonian Argentina Bajo de la Carpa Formation Pichi Picun Leufu Formation
Libycosuchus Cenomanian Egypt Nigeria Bahariya Formation
Malawisuchus Early Cretaceous Malawi A possible burrower that could move its jaw back and forth while eating
Mariliasuchus Campanian - Maastrichtian Brazil Adamantina Formation
Morrinhosuchus Turonian - Santonian Brazil Adamantina Formation
Notosuchus Coniacian - Santonian Argentina Bajo de la Carpa Formation A notosuchian that may have had a pig-like snout
Pakasuchus Albian Tanzania A notosuchian with very complex , mammal-like heterodont teeth
Pissarrachampsa Campanian - Maastrichtian Brazil Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation
Razanandrongobe Middle Jurassic ( Bathonian ) Madagascar Sakaraha Formation The earliest known member of the group
Simosuchus Maastrichtian Madagascar A broad-snouted omnivore with clove-shaped teeth
Classification -- Taxonomy
The evolutionary interrelationships of Notosuchia are in flux , but the following genera are generally considered notosuchians :
Notosuchia is a suborder of primarily Gondwanan mesoeucrocodylian crocodylomorphs that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. Some phylogenies recover Sebecosuchia as a clade within Notosuchia, others as a sister group (see below); if Sebecosuchia is included within Notosuchia its existence is pushed into the Middle Miocene, about 11 million years ago. Fossils have been found from South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Notosuchia was a clade of terrestrial crocodilians that evolved a range of feeding behaviours, including herbivory (Chimaerasuchus), omnivory (Simosuchus), and terrestrial hypercarnivory (Baurusuchus). It included many members with highly derived traits unusual for crocodylomorphs, including mammal-like teeth, flexible bands of shield-like body armor similar to those of armadillos (Armadillosuchus), and possibly fleshy cheeks and pig-like snouts (Notosuchus). The suborder was first named in 1971 by Zulma Gasparini and has since undergone many phylogenetic revisions.