Penghusuchus

Penghusuchus
Temporal range: Late Miocene, 11.5–5.3 Ma[1]
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Gavialidae
Genus: Penghusuchus
Shan et al., 2009
Type species
Penghusuchus pani
Shan et al., 2009

Penghusuchus is an extinct genus of gavialid crocodylian. It is known from a skeleton found in Middle to Upper Miocene rocks of Penghu Island, off Taiwan. The taxon was described in 2009 by Shan and colleagues; the type species is P. pani.[2] It may be related to two other fossil Asian gavialids: Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis of Japan and Hanyusuchus sinensis of South China.[3] It was a medium-sized gavialid with an estimated total length of 4.5 metres (15 ft).[4]

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  2. ^ Shan, Hsi-yin; Wu, Xiao-chun; Cheng, Yen-nien; Sato, Tamaki (2009). "A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 46 (7): 529–555. Bibcode:2009CaJES..46..529S. doi:10.1139/E09-036.
  3. ^ Iijima, Masaya; Qiao, Yu; Lin, Wenbin; Peng, Youjie; Yoneda, Minoru; Liu, Jun (2022-03-09). "An intermediate crocodylian linking two extant gharials from the Bronze Age of China and its human-induced extinction". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289 (1970). doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.0085. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 8905159.
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