Biology:Dianosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | †Protosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Dianosuchus Young, 1982 |
| Species: | †D. changchiawaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Dianosuchus changchiawaensis Young, 1982
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Dianosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform. Fossils have been found from the Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation in Yunnan, China , dating back to the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic.[1][2] It is characterized by an unusually flattened snout compared to other protosuchians, conical isodont teeth that lacked striations, and very small antorbital fenestrae.[3]
References
- ↑ Dianosuchus at the Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Young, C.-C. (1982). On a primitive crocodile from Lufeng, Yunnnan. Selected Works on Yang Zhungijang. Science Press, Beijing pp. 26–28.
- ↑ Lucas, S. G. (2001). Chinese fossil vertebrates. Columbia University Press, 375 pp.
Wikidata ☰ Q3916682 entry
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