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The Cenomanian\n            <jats:italic>Portugalosuchus azenhae<\/jats:italic>\n            was recently described as the oldest crown crocodilian, with affinities to\n            <jats:italic>Gavialis<\/jats:italic>\n            , based on morphology-only analyses, thus representing a potentially important new molecular clock calibration\n            <jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic>\n            Here, we performed analyses incorporating DNA data into these morphological datasets, using scaffold and supermatrix (total evidence) approaches, in order to evaluate the position of basal crocodylians, including\n            <jats:italic>Portugalosuchus<\/jats:italic>\n            . 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