Bernissartiidae

Bernissartiidae; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130–110 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Life restoration of Bernissartia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Mesoeucrocodylia
Clade:	Metasuchia
Clade:	Neosuchia
Family:	†Bernissartiidae; Dollo, 1883
Genera
	†Bernissartia; †Koumpiodontosuchus;

Bernissartiidae is an extinct family of neosuchian crocodyliformes known from the Early Cretaceous.[1] Bernissartiid fossils have been discovered in Belgium, Spain and England. It currently contains two genera, Bernissartia and Koumpiodontosuchus.[2] Members of this family display adaptations for a durophagous lifestyle, especially the heterodont dentition of Koumpiodontosuchus.

References

Dollo, L. (1883). "Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart]". Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 2: 309–338.
Sweetman, S.; Pedreira-Segade, U.; Vidovic, S. (2014). "A new bernissartiid crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00038.2013.

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[1] Dollo, L. (1883). "Première note sur les crocodiliens de Bernissart [First note on the crocodilians of Bernissart]". Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 2: 309–338.

[2] Sweetman, S.; Pedreira-Segade, U.; Vidovic, S. (2014). "A new bernissartiid crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00038.2013.