Chiayusuchus

Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chiayusuchus is an extinct genus of stomatosuchid crocodylomorph. Fossils have been found from the Xinminbao Group in Gansu, China.[1] It existed during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Although it was once considered as member of Stomatosuchidae, it is denied by having different teeth shape.[2]

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Chiayusuchus
Temporal range: 130–112 Ma Barremian - Aptian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Order: Crocodilia
Genus: Chiayusuchus
Bohlin, 1953
Type species
* C. cingulatus
Bohlin, 1953
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