Maomingosuchus

Maomingosuchus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Subfamily: Tomistominae
Genus: Moamingosuchus
Shan et al., 2017
Species: M. petrolica
Binomial name
Tomistoma petrolica
(Yeh, 1958)

Maomingosuchus is an extinct genus of tomistomine from Eocene deposits of China. The type species, "Tomistoma petrolica" was named in 1958 and was redescribed as Maomingosuchus in 2017.[1]

References

  1. Hsi-Yin Shan; Xiao-Chun Wu; Yen-Nien Cheng; Tamaki Sato (2017). "Maomingosuchus petrolica, a restudy of "Tomistoma" petrolica Yeh, 1958". Palaeoworld. 26 (4): 672–690. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.03.006.
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