Biology:Lianghusuchus
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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: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Lianghusuchus Young, 1948 |
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| †Lianghusuchus hengyangensis Young, 1948
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Lianghusuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of crocodilian. Fossils date back to the Eocene and have been found from Hunan, China .[1] The type species is Lianghusuchus hengyangensis, named in 1948.[2] It was originally considered a crocodile belonging to the family Crocodylidae, but was later considered a member of the alligator family Alligatoridae in a 1999 phylogenetic study by Christopher Brochu.[3]
References
- ↑ Lucas, S. G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press, New York.
- ↑ Young, C. C. (1948). Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28:225–288.
- ↑ Brochu, Christopher A. (1999). "Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 6: 9–100. doi:10.2307/3889340.
Wikidata ☰ Q6540039 entry
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