Full reference: X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and J.-C. Lu. 1994. A new species of Shantungosuchus from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (China), with comments on S. chuhsienensis Young, 1961 and the phylogenetic position of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2):210-229
Belongs to Shantungosuchus according to J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor 2014
See also Bronzati et al. 2012 and Wu et al. 1994
Sister taxon: Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis
Type specimen: IVPP V. 10097, a partial skeleton (A partial skull and mandible, with right atlas arch, atlas intercentrum, axis centrum and incomplete proximal portion of the right femur). Its type locality is Yanhaizi, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian terrestrial sandstone in the Luohandong Formation of China.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yanhaizi
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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