Sunosuchus miaoi Young 1948 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: C. -C. Young. 1948. Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(3-4):255-288

Belongs to Sunosuchus according to E. Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Ingavat 1984, Maisch et al. 2003, Schellhorn et al. 2009 and Young 1948

Sister taxa: Sunosuchus junggarensis, Sunosuchus shartegensis, Sunosuchus shunanensis

Type specimen: IVPP V500, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hanchiahukou, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Xiangtang Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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