Alternative spelling: Loukousaurus
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239
Parent taxon: Crocodylomorpha according to R. B. Irmis 2004
See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Battail 1986, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Dong 1992, Huene 1959, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Simmons 1965, Steel 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Welles 1984, Young 1940, Young 1946, Young 1948 and Zhao 1983
Sister taxa: Carnufex, Crocodilus humilis, Crocodilus kutchensis, Crocodilus proavus, Crocodilus vetustus, Dibothrosuchus, Diplosaurus nanus, Dromicosuchus, Eopneumatosuchus, Erythrochampsa, Erythrochampsa longipes, Gavialiformes, Gondwanasuchia, Goniopholidiformes, Goniopholis minor, Hallopodidae, Hallopus, Hesperosuchus, Kayentasuchus, Litargosuchus, Mycomorphoolithus, Paracrocodylia, Paratetrasauropus, Pattisaura, Pedeticosaurus, Phyllodontosuchus, Pseudhesperosuchus, Redondavenator, Saltoposuchus, Solidocrania, Sphenosuchia, Sphenosuchidae, Sphenosuchus, Stegomosuchus, Stegomus longipes, Terrestrisuchus, Thalattosuchia, Thoracosaurus bahiensis, Trialestes
Subtaxa: Lukousaurus yini
Ecology: planktonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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