 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2022) |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Genus: | †Qianshanosuchus Boerman et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †Q. youngi
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| †Qianshanosuchus youngi Boerman et al., 2022
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Qianshanosuchus is a genus of basal crocodyloid from the Paleocene of the Qianshan Basin, China. The fossil material, which includes an incomplete skull and parts of the lower jaw, show various features usually associated with juvenile crocodiles alongside various unique traits that were used to erect a new genus. It is the first and only basal crocodyloid currently known from the Paleocene of China, which had previously only yielded alligatoroids and planocraniids. Its presence in this part of the world and its basal position to species of the genus Asiatosuchus supports the idea that crocodyloids dispersed from Asia into Europe. Qianshanosuchus only includes a single species, Qianshanosuchus youngi.[1]
- ^ Boerman SA, Perrichon G, Yang J, Li CS, Martin JE, Speijer RP, Smith T (2022). "A juvenile skull from the early Palaeocene of China extends the appearance of crocodyloids in Asia back by 15–20 million years". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac067.