Planocraniidae
| Planocraniidae Temporal range: Eocene,
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| Skull of Boverisuchus magnifrons in the Geisel valley museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Family: | †Planocraniidae Li, 1976 |
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| Planocrania datangensis Li, 1976
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Planocraniidae is an extinct family of basal crocodylian that existed during the Eocene in Asia, Europe and North America. The family was coined by Li in 1976, and contains two genera, Boverisuchus and Planocrania.[1]
References
- ^ Brochu, C. A. (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of Palaeogene ziphodont eusuchians and the status of Pristichampsus Gervais, 1853". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1. doi:10.1017/S1755691013000200.
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