Candidodon
{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
{{Distinguish|Cardiodon}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Candidodon
| fossil_range = Albian
~{{fossil range|112|100}}
| authority = Carvalho & Campos 1988
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- {{extinct}}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.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. It has been named the type genus of the family Candidodontidae, first constructed in 2004.{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71079-0 | last1 = Carvalho | first1 = I. | last2 = Ribeiro | first2 = L. C. B. | last3 = Avilla | first3 = L. | year = 2004 | title = Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil | journal = Gondwana Research | volume = 7 | issue = 4| pages = 975–1002 | bibcode = 2004GondR...7..975C }} 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.{{cite journal | doi = 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3512[1:ROTCMO]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Zaher | first1 = H. | last2 = Pol | first2 = D. | last3 = Carvalho | first3 = A. B. | last4 = Riccomini | first4 = C. | last5 = Campos | first5 = D. | last6 = Navas | first6 = W. | year = 2006 | title = Re-description of the cranial morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and its phylogenetic affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) | journal = American Museum Novitates | issue = 3512 | pages = 1–40 | s2cid = 73552420 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/5383730 }} If this is true, Candidodon would be the only member of the family Candidodontidae.
References
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{{Notosuchia|N.}}
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Category:Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America