- Not to be confused with Dryosauridae
Dyrosauridae is a
family of extinct
neosuchian crocodyliforms that lived from the
Late Cretaceous (
Maastrichtian) to the
Eocene. Dyrosaurid fossils are globally distributed, having been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Over a dozen species are currently known, varying greatly in overall size and cranial shape. All were presumably aquatic, with species inhabiting both freshwater and marine environments. Ocean-dwelling dyrosaurids were among the few marine reptiles to survive the
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
