Dongnanosuchus
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Dongnanosuchus Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
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 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2021JPal...95.1321S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.69. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 238650207.