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Candidodontidae - Wikipedia

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Candidodontids Temporal range: 120–92 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Aptian - Turonian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Clade:	†Notosuchia
Clade:	†Ziphosuchia
Family:	†Candidodontidae Carvalho et al., 2004
Genera
†Candidodon †Malawisuchus †Lavocatchampsa †Pakasuchus

Candidodontidae is a family of notosuchian crocodyliforms. It was originally used in 2002 as a name for a clade that includes the genera Araripesuchus, Candidodon, and Malawisuchus. Later in 2004 the family was formally defined as a node-based taxon including Candidodon itapecuruense and Mariliasuchus amarali.^[1] A 2009 study redefined Candidodontidae as a stem-based taxon which included Candidodon, Malawisuchus, and possibly Mariliasuchus.^[2]

Phylogenetics

The first formal definition of the family does not fit well with many phylogenetic studies of notosuchians that place Candidodon and Mariliasuchus far apart. If this definition were to be used, Candidodontidae would include the last common ancestor of Candidodon and Mariliasuchus and all of its descendants. According to these studies, these descendants would include many other genera and families, some of which were named before Candidodontidae and thus would have priority over it.^[2]

A new definition was given in 2009 in which Candidodontidae was considered a stem-based taxon. Under this definition, Candidodontidae includes all taxa more closely related to Candidodon itapecuruensis than to Notosuchus terrestris, Uruguaysuchus aznarezi, Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis, Sphagesaurus huenei, Baurusuchus pachecoi, and Crocodylus niloticus. The number of species that are less closely related to these taxa are called specifiers, and were used to insure that Candidodontidae did not become overly inclusive if Candidodon was placed in a different phylogenetic position in the future. According to the 2009 study, Candidodontidae included Candidodon, Malawisuchus, and possibly Mariliasuchus.^[2] However, the 2018 cladistic analysis of Roxochampsa recovered Mariliasuchus as a close relative of Sphagesauridae.^[3]

Description

Members of Candidodontidae can be defined on the basis of synapomorphies, characteristics shared between taxa and present in their most recent common ancestor. When the family was first defined, several synapomorphies were used to diagnose it. For example, one synapomorphy was the large size of the supratemporal fenestrae, two holes that occupy most of the surface of the skull roof. Another synapomorphy was the similar size and shape of the postcaniniform teeth, those that are behind the caniniforms and in front of the molariforms. The distance between the front of the eye sockets and the tip of the snout is greater than or equal to the distance between the front of the eye sockets and the back of the skull. Inside the skull, the internal nares are not separated from one another.^[1]

The 2009 definition was from a study that focused on the teeth of notosuchians. Several features of the teeth of candidodontids were identified. These include a constricted crown base, a bulbous shape to the tooth, and several distinctive cusps. In candidodontids, namely Candidodon and Malawisuchus, there is a main cusp and several smaller cusps surrounding it.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Carvalho, I.S.; Ribeiro, L.C.B.; Avilla, L.S. (2004). "Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 7 (4): 975–1002. Bibcode:2004GondR...7..975C. doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71079-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Montefeltro, F.C.; Laurini, C.R.; Langer, M.C. (2009). "Multicusped crocodyliform teeth from the Upper Cretaceous (São José do Rio Preto Formation, Bauru Group) of São Paulo, Brazil" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 30 (2009): 1279–1286. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06.
^ Piacentini Pinheiro AE, Pereira PVLGdC, de Souza RG, Brum AS, Lopes RT, Machado AS, et al. (2018) Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0199984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199984

Ziphosuchia

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Mesoeucrocodylia
Clade: Metasuchia

Pseudosuchia

see Pseudosuchia
Ziphosuchia	see below↓

Ziphosuchia

Microsuchus?

Sebecia

Mahajangasuchidae

Kaprosuchus
Mahajangasuchus

Sebecidae

Peirosauridae

Amargasuchus Fortignathus? Miadanasuchus Stolokrosuchus?
Pepesuchinae	Barreirosuchus Caririsuchus Epoidesuchus Itasuchus Pepesuchus Roxochampsa
Peirosaurinae	Antaeusuchus Barcinosuchus Barrosasuchus Bayomesasuchus Colhuehuapisuchus Gasparinisuchus Hamadasuchus Kinesuchus Lomasuchus Montealtosuchus Patagosuchus Peirosaurus Pepesuchus Rukwasuchus Uberabasuchus

Notosuchia	see below↓

Notosuchia

Anatosuchus? Araripesuchus Comahuesuchus? Libycosuchus Razanandrongobe? Simosuchus Uruguaysuchus
Candidodontidae?	Candidodon Lavocatchampsa Malawisuchus Pakasuchus

Xenodontosuchia

Baurusuchia

Baurusuchidae

Cynodontosuchus Gondwanasuchus Pabwehshi
Baurusuchinae	Aphaurosuchus Aplestosuchus Baurusuchus Stratiotosuchus
Pissarrachampsinae	Campinasuchus Pissarrachampsa Wargosuchus

Sphagesauria

Notosuchidae

Sphagesauridae

Adamantinasuchus Labidiosuchus Yacarerani
Sphagesaurinae	Armadillosuchus Caryonosuchus Sphagesaurus
Caipirasuchinae	Caipirasuchus Morrinhosuchus

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