Sunosuchus junggarensis Wu et al. 1996 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and A. P. Russell. 1996. Sunosuchus junggarensis sp. nov. (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(4):606-630

Belongs to Sunosuchus according to E. Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Schellhorn et al. 2009 and Wu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Sunosuchus miaoi, Sunosuchus shartegensis, Sunosuchus shunanensis

Type specimen: IVPP V10606. Its type locality is Pingfengshan, which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pingfengshan

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