Epoidesuchus
| Epoidesuchus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Peirosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Pepesuchinae |
| Genus: | †Epoidesuchus Ruiz et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †E. tavaresae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Epoidesuchus tavaresae Ruiz et al., 2024
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Epoidesuchus is an extinct pepesuchine peirosaurid from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) Adamantina Formation of Brazil. Like other members of the Pepesuchinae and unlike the closely related members of Peirosaurinae, Epoidesuchus had long and gracile jaws, which may indicate that they were semi-aquatic animals more similar to modern crocodilians. The genus is monotypic, meaning it only contains a single species, Epoidesuchus tavaresae.