Maomingosuchus acutirostris Massonne et al. 2021 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia - Gavialidae

Full reference: T. Massonne, F. J. Augustin, A. T. Matzke, E. Weber, and M. Böhme. 2021. A new species of Maomingosuchus from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on the phylogenetic relationship of tomistomine crocodylians and their dispersal from Europe to Asia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19(22):1551-1585

Belongs to Maomingosuchus according to T. Massonne et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Maomingosuchus petrolica

Type specimen: GPIT-PV-31657, a partial skeleton (complete skull, lower jaw 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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