Southern district of Anhui Province (Paleocene of China)
Also known as Wanosuchus atresus type locality
Where: Anhui, China (30.7° N, 117.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 110.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Paleocene? Horizon unknown
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1970-1972; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: F. Zhang. 1981. A fossil crocodile from Anhui Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(3):200-207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115112: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2011
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Wanosuchus atresus n. gen. n. sp.
Wanosuchus atresus n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1981 crocodilian IVPP V6262 - holotype - almost complete mandible
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