Chimaerasuchus Wu et al. 1995 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Alternative spelling: Chimaeresuchus

Full reference: X.-C. Wu, H.-D. Sues, and A. Sun. 1995. A plant-eating crocodyliform reptile from the Cretaceous of China. Nature 376:678-680

Parent taxon: Ziphosuchia according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014

See also Andrade and Bertini 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carvalho et al. 2004, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Iori and Carvalho 2011, Martin et al. 2010, Martinelli 2003, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Novas et al. 2009, Pol et al. 2012, Pol et al. 2014, Pol and Norell 2004, Soto et al. 2011, Turner and Sertich 2010, Wu et al. 1995 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Baurusuchoidea, Candidodontidae, Labidiosuchus, Notosuchidae, Pakasuchus, Sebecia, Sebecosuchia

Subtaxa: Chimaerasuchus paradoxus

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Ecology: herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yichang City (Cretaceous of China)

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