Biology:Lianghusuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Lianghusuchus
Temporal range: Eocene,
48.6–37.2 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Genus: Lianghusuchus
Young, 1948
Type species
Lianghusuchus hengyangensis
Young, 1948

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

  1. Lucas, S. G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press, New York.
  2. 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.
  3. 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