Jiangsu crocodiles (general) (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (32.9° N, 119.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Liu and G. Chen. 1993. Late Cenozoic crocodilian fossils from Jiangsu. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31(1):61-64 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180692: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma sp. Müller 1846 false gharial
NV0001 and NV0002
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. crocodile
NV0009-0012
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator cf. sinensis Fauvel 1879 Chinese alligator
NV0008
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
NV0003 and NV0004