Diplocynodontinae

Diplocynodontinae; Temporal range: Eocene - Miocene, Possible Paleocene occurrence PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeleton of Diplocynodon darwini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Alligatoroidea
Subfamily:	†Diplocynodontinae; Brochu, 1999
Genera
	†Baryphracta; †Diplocynodon
Synonyms
	Diplocynodontidae Hua, 2004;

Diplocynodontinae is a clade of alligatoroid crocodilians that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene in Europe. It includes 10 species and two genera, Diplocynodon and Baryphracta, although Baryphracta may be a junior synonym of Diplocynodon. The fossil range of the group may extend back into the Paleocene depending on whether remains of an alligatoroid from Berru, France belong to a diplocynodontine.[1]

References

Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2012). "Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1358. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.699484.

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[DS12-1] Delfino, M.; Smith, T. (2012). "Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroid Diplocynodon deponiae (Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1358. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.699484.