Lianghusuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Lianghusuchus is an extinct monospecific genus of crocodilian. Fossils date back to the Eocene and have been found from Hunan, China.[1] The type species is Lianghusuchus hengyangensis, named in 1948.[2] It was originally considered a crocodile belonging to the family Crocodylidae, but was later considered a member of the alligator family Alligatoridae in a 1999 phylogenetic study by Christopher Brochu.[3]
| Lianghusuchus Temporal range: Eocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Crocodylia |
| Family: | Alligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Lianghusuchus Young, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| †Lianghusuchus hengyangensis Young, 1948 | |
