Orientalosuchus Massonne et al. 2019 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: T. Massonne, D. Vasilyan, M. Rabi and M. Böhme. 2019. A new alligatoroid from the Eocene of Vietnam highlights an extinct Asian clade independent from extant Alligator sinensis. PeerJ 7:e7562:1-60

Parent taxon: Orientalosuchina according to H.-Y. Shan et al. 2021

See also Massonne et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Dongnanosuchus, Eoalligator, Eurycephalosuchus, Krabisuchus

Subtaxa: Orientalosuchus naduongensis

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Type: Orientalosuchus naduongensis

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Na Duong Mine layer 80 (Eocene to Eocene of Vietnam)

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