Also known as Penghusuchus pani type
Where: Taiwan (23.6° N, 119.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° N, 118.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yuwentao Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Horizon just below basalt bed I
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H.-Y. Shan, X.-C. Wu, Y.-N. Cheng and T. Sato. 2009. A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:529-555 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143464: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 23.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Penghusuchus pani n. gen. n. sp.
Penghusuchus pani n. gen. n. sp. Shan et al. 2009 crocodilian NMNS 005645 - holotype (near complete, partially articulated skeleton)
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