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| Peipehsuchus Temporal range: Toarcian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | † Thalattosuchia |
| Parvorder: | † Neothalattosuchia |
| Superfamily: | † Metriorhynchoidea |
| Genus: | † Peipehsuchus Young, 1948 |
| Species: | †P. teleorhinus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Peipehsuchus teleorhinus Young, 1948 | |
Peipehsuchus is an extinct genus of metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian). The type species, P. teleorhinus, is known from China and fragmentary remains were found in the Callovian of Kyrgyzstan. [1] The type specimen is known only by a fragmentary rostrum and teeth, and was originally believed to be a teleosaurid. A complete teleosaurid skull was referred to Peipehsuchus, however, the type specimen of Peipehsuchus has since been determined to be a metriorhynchoid and so the skull cannot belong to it. [2]
