Turfanosuchus Young 1973 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Gracilisuchidae

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1973. [On a new pseudosuchian from Turfan, Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:15-37

Parent taxon: Gracilisuchidae according to R. J. Butler et al. 2014

See also Nesbitt 2011, Parrish 1993, Wu 1982, Wu and Russell 2001 and Young 1973

Sister taxa: Gracilisuchus, Yonghesuchus

Subtaxa: Turfanosuchus dabanensis

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Type: Turfanosuchus dabanensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin (Triassic of China)

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