Lianghusuchus hengyangensis Young 1948 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Alligatoridae

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 Lianghusuchus according to C. -C. Young 1948

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V502, a maxilla. Its type locality is Kantanyao, Yangmeichiao, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lingcha Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kantanyao, Yangmeichiao

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