Candidodon
Extinct genus of reptiles
title: "Candidodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["notosuchia", "early-cretaceous-crocodylomorphs-of-south-america", "albian-life", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1988", "prehistoric-pseudosuchian-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of reptiles" topic_path: "general/notosuchia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of reptiles ::
| taxon = Candidodon | fossil_range = Albian ~ | authority = Carvalho & Campos 1988 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- C. itapecuruense Carvalho & Campos 1988 (type)
Candidodon is an extinct genus of notosuchian mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils have been found in the Early Cretaceous Itapecuru Formation and Alcântara Formation in Brazil.
Description
The genus is characterized by a particularly elongate pair of choanae in its palate. It has been named the type genus of the family Candidodontidae, first constructed in 2004. It was initially assigned to the family with a proposed sister genus, Mariliasuchus, but a recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that Mariliasuchus may instead be closer in relation to Comahuesuchus than to Candidodon and thus a member of the family Comahuesuchidae. If this is true, Candidodon would be the only member of the family Candidodontidae.
References
References
- de Andrade, M. B., Bertini, R. J. and Pinheiro, A. E. P. (2006) Observations on the palate and choanae structures in Mesoeucrocodylia (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha): phylogenetic implications. ''Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia'' '''9'''(3):323-332.
- (2004). "''Uberabasuchus terrificus'' sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil". Gondwana Research.
- (2006). "Re-description of the cranial morphology of ''Mariliasuchus amarali'', and its phylogenetic affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia)". American Museum Novitates.
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