Monjurosuchidae

† Monjurosuchidae; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Monjurosuchus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	† Choristodera
Family:	† Monjurosuchidae; Endo, 1940
Genera
	Monjurosuchus Endo, 1940; Philydrosaurus Gao & Fox, 2005;

Monjurosuchidae is a family of prehistoric reptiles belonging to the order Choristodera.[1] Until the description of Philydrosaurus in 2005, the only genus in the family was Monjurosuchus.[1] Both lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous.[2][3]

References

Ke-Qin Gao & Richard C. Fox (2005). "A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145 (3): 427–444. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00191.x.
Ryoko Matsumoto, Susan E. Evans & Makoto Manabe (2007). "The choristoderan reptile Monjurosuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Japan". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (2): 329–350.
Ke-Qin Gao; Daniel Ksepka; Hou Lianhai; Duan Ye; Hu Dongyu (2007). "Cranial morphology of an Early Cretaceous monjurosuchid (Reptilia: Diapsida) from Liaoning Province of China and evolution of the choristoderan palate". Historical Biology. 19 (3): 215–224. doi:10.1080/08912960601106391.

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