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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
| Clade: | Globidonta |
| Clade: | †Orientalosuchina |
| Genus: | †Krabisuchus Martin and Lauprasert, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| †Krabisuchus siamogallicus Martin and Lauprasert, 2010
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Krabisuchus is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodylian that existed in what is now Thailand during the Late Eocene.[1] It was first named by paleontologists Jeremy A. Martin and Komsorn Lauprasert in 2010, and the type species is K. siamogallicus. Fossils have been found from the Krabi Basin of southern Thailand and include mostly cranial and mandibular elements as well as some postcranial remains. Krabisuchus is currently the most well known primitive alligatoroid from Asia; previously, these animals were only represented in Asia by a few fragmentary remains from China. The fossil record of alligatoroids is much more extensive in Europe and North America, where most taxa have been described.[1]
- ^ a b Jeremy A Martin; K. Lauprasert (2010). "A new primitive alligatorine from the Eocene of Thailand: relevance of Asiatic members to the radiation of the group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158 (3): 608–628. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00582.x.