Pedeticosaurus
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Pedeticosaurus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Clarens Formation of South Africa. The type species Pedeticosaurus leviseuri was named by Egbert Cornelis Nicolaas van Hoepen in 1915 on t
Pedeticosaurs main holotype slab
Second holotype slab showing caudal vertebrae and osteoderms
Sphenosuchia
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Sphenosuchia is a grouping of basal crocodylomorphs that first appeared in the Triassic and persisted into the Jurassic. Most were small, gracile animals with an erect limb posture. Although sometimes
Pedeticosaurus
…Pedeticosauridae, which he thought was closely related to the family Ornithosuchidae. In later years Pedeticosaurus was interpreted as either a member of Sphenosuchia or Protosuchia, both of which are groups of small-bodied Jurassic crocodylomorphs. Paleontologist A. D. Walker erected a new group called Pedeticosauria…
Hesperosuchus flipped
Dyoplax holotype