Lianghusuchus

Lianghusuchus Temporal range: Eocene, 48.6–37.2  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Alligatoridae
Genus:	† Lianghusuchus Young, 1948
Type species
†Lianghusuchus hengyangensis Young, 1948

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]

References

1. Lucas, S. G. (2001). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press, New York.
2. Young, C. C. (1948). Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China28:225–288.
3. Brochu, Christopher A. (1999). "Phylogenetics, Taxonomy, and Historical Biogeography of Alligatoroidea". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir. 6: 9–100. doi:10.2307/3889340. JSTOR   3889340.