Kuangyuanpus Young 1943 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1943. Note on some fossil footprints in China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 13(3-4):151-154

Parent taxon: Crocodylia according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2013

See also Foster et al. 2025, Huene 1958, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley et al. 2010, Romer 1966, Young 1960 and Zhen et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Alligatoroidea, Amphicoelia, Archaeosuchidae, Asiatosuchus volgensis, Asiatosuchus zajsanicus, Asifcroco, Baharijodon, Batrachopodidae, Borealosuchus, Bottosaurus tuberculatus, Brachydectes major, Brachygnathosuchus, Brevirostres, Coelospondilia, Colossoemys, Colossoemys macrococcygeana, Crocodilus delucii, Crocodilus pristinus, Crocodylus sinhaleyus, Deinosuchus rugosus, Dijaquesopus, Dinosuchus terror, Diplocynodus sphenops, Emys quaternaria, Europaeosuchus, Gavialis dixoni, Gavialis papuensis, Gavialoidea, Hatcherichnus, Isselosaurus, Isselosaurus doduni, Laiyangpus, Longirostres, Machinosaurus, Mehliella, Nihilichnus, Peipesuchus, Pinacosuchus, Planocraniidae, Pliosaurus phosphaticus, Pristichampsinae, Procoelia, Procrocodilia, Pyrenodon, Rhytisodon, Stenosaurus, Thecachampsa serrata, Thecachampsa squankensis, Tienosuchus, Trialestia, Zholsuchus

Subtaxa: Kuangyuanpus szechuanensis

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Type: Kuangyuanpus szechuanensis

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at locality 49 (3), Chengtu-Sian highway (Jurassic of China)

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