Uberabasuchus

Uberabasuchus Temporal range: 85–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Campanian - Maastrichtian
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Life restoration of Uberabasuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Family:	†Peirosauridae
Genus:	†Uberabasuchus Carvalho et al., 2004
Species
†U. terrificus Carvalho et al., 2004 (type)

Uberabasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It was about 2.5 m long and 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.

Sources

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