Orientalosuchus naduongensis 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

Belongs to Orientalosuchus according to T. Massonne et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIT/RE/09761, a partial skeleton (skull, lower jaws and incomplete postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Na Duong Mine layer 80 , which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian lacustrine - large lignite in the Na Duong Formation of Vietnam.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Na Duong Mine layer 80

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