Shantungosuchus Young 1961 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata

Alternative spelling: Shangtungosuchus

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1961. On a new crocodile from Chuhsien, E. Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(1):6-10

Parent taxon: Shartegosuchoidea according to K. N. Dollman et al. 2018

See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buscalioni 2017, Buscalioni and Sanz 1988, Carrano 2025, Carroll 1988, Clark 2011, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Gasparini et al. 2006, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Ortega et al. 2000, Pol and Norell 2004, Tennant et al. 2016, Wu et al. 1994, Wu et al. 1997, Young 1961 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Shartegosuchidae, Sichuanosuchus, Zosuchus

Subtaxa: Shantungosuchus chuhsienensis Shantungosuchus hangjinensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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