Yanjisuchus longshanensis Rummy et al. 2021 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Paralligatoridae

Full reference: P. Rummy, X.-C. Wu, J. M. Clark, Q. Zhao, C.-Z. Jin, M. Shibata, F. Jin and X. Xu. 2021. A new paralligatorid (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 129:105018:1-23

Belongs to Yanjisuchus according to P. Rummy et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YJDM 00009, a partial skeleton (partial skull and postcrania). Its type locality is Longshan, Yanji, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial horizon in the Longjing Formation of China.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Longshan, Yanji

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