Sichuanosuchus

Sichuanosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph from the Late Jurassic and possibly Early Cretaceous of China.

Sichuanosuchus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - ?Early Cretaceous
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Mesoeucrocodylia
Clade: †Shartegosuchoidea
Genus: †Sichuanosuchus
Peng, 1995
Species
  • †S. huidongensis Peng, 1995 (type)
  • †S. shuhanensis Wu et al., 1997

Systematics
Restoration

Poll and Norell (2004) recovered Sichuanosuchus as sister to Shantungosuchus and Zosuchus based on the presence of a ventrally deflected posterior region of the mandibular rami.[1] Buscalioni (2017) recovered Sichuanosuchus as sister to Shantungosuchus, Zosuchus, and Shartegosuchidae,[2] and Dollman et al. (2018) went further by erecting Shartegosuchoidea for the clade formed by Shartegosuchidae, Sichuanosuchus, Zosuchus, and Shantungosuchus.[3]

References
  1. Pol, D. & Norell, M. A., (2004). "A new crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia". American Museum Novitates 3445: 1-36.
  2. Ángela D. Buscalioni (2017) The Gobiosuchidae in the early evolution of Crocodyliformes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Article: e1324459 doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1324459 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2017.1324459
  3. Kathleen N. Dollman; James M. Clark; Mark A. Norell; Xu Xing; Jonah N. Choiniere (2018). "Convergent evolution of a eusuchian-type secondary palate within Shartegosuchidae". American Museum Novitates. 3901: 1–23. doi:10.1206/3901.1.
  • Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas


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