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Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis
Taxonomy
Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis was named by Li et al. (2012). Its type specimen is ZMNH M8770, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skeleton with most of the caudal vertebrae missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Western side of Huangnihe RIver, Fuyuan County, which is in a Ladinian carbonate limestone in the Falang Formation of China. It is the type species of Diandongosuchus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis Li et al. p. 1065 figs. 1-6 |
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†Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis Li et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Li et al. 2012 | A small- to medium-sized poposauroid, differing from other poposauroids in having the combination of the following derived character states: anterodorsal (nasal) process of premaxilla extending posteriorly well beyond external naris; presence of a fossa expanded in anteroventral corner of external naris; squamosal with supratemporal fossa in posterior portion and distinct ridge on dorsal surface along edge of supratemporal fossa; external naris neither terminal in position nor close to antorbital fossa; jugal with pronounced longitudinal ridge on lateral surface and anterior process much broader than the posterior process underlying anterior process of quadratojugal; supratemporal fossa present anterior to supratemporal fenestra; coracoid foramen super-sized and laterally bordered by scapula; ischium with a strongly expandedmedial portion anteroposteriorly longer than the proximodistal height of the bone; metatarsal IV the longest; narrowed anterior margin of cervical osteoderms deeply concave; snout about 2.5 times longer than post-snout region along dorsal midline of skull; premaxilla with nine teeth (shared with Qianosuchus); and maxilla excluded from external naris (shared with Poposaurus). |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||