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Dianosuchus

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Dianosuchus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
197–190 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Protosuchidae
Genus: Dianosuchus
Young, 1982
Species:
D. changchiawaensis
Binomial name
Dianosuchus changchiawaensis
Young, 1982

Dianosuchus is an extinct genus of protosuchid crocodyliform. Fossils have been found from the Dark Red Beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation in Yunnan, China, dating back to the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic.[1][2] It is characterized by an unusually flattened snout compared to other protosuchians, conical isodont teeth that lacked striations, and very small antorbital fenestrae.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dianosuchus at the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Young, C.-C. (1982). On a primitive crocodile from Lufeng, Yunnnan. Selected Works on Yang Zhungijang. Science Press, Beijing pp. 26–28.
  3. ^ Lucas, S. G. (2001). Chinese fossil vertebrates. Columbia University Press, 375 pp.