Uberabasuchus

Uberabasuchus Temporal range: Campanian-Maastrichtian ~85–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Species
†U. terrificus Carvalho et al. 2004 (type)

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]

References

1. Uberabasuchus at Fossilworks.org
2. "Crocodiles in the shadow of dinosaurs". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

Further reading

• Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a New Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil - original description of genus (pdf)