Dongnanosuchus

Dongnanosuchus is an extinct monotypic genus of alligatoroid crocodilian known from the Youganwo Formation of China during the Eocene. It contains a single species, Dongnanosuchus hsui.[1]

Dongnanosuchus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Alligatoroidea
Clade: Globidonta
Clade: Orientalosuchina
Genus: Dongnanosuchus
Shan et al. 2021
Species:
D. hsui
Binomial name
Dongnanosuchus hsui
Shan et al. 2021

References

  1. Shan, Hsi-yin; Wu, Xiao-Chun; Sato, Tamaki; Cheng, Yen-nien; Rufolo, Scott (2021). "A new alligatoroid (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Eocene of China and its implications for the relationships of Orientalosuchina". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (6): 1–19. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.69. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 238650207.


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