Sunosuchus

Sunosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic - Early Cretaceous, 164.7–139.8 Ma (possible Early Jurassic occurrence)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Goniopholididae
Genus: Sunosuchus
Young, 1948
Species
  • S. miaoi Young, 1948 (type)
  • S. shartegensis? (possibly belongs to Chalawan) Efimov, 1988
  • S. junggarensis Wu et al., 1996
  • S. shunanensis Fu et al., 2005
  • S. phuwiangensis (Buffetaut & Ingavat, 1983)

Sunosuchus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils are known from China, Kyrgyzstan, and Thailand and are Jurassic in age, although some may be Early Cretaceous. Four species are currently assigned to the genus: the type species S. miaoi and the species S. junggarensis, S. shartegensis, and S. shunanensis. All species are from China. Goniopholis phuwiangensis, also from Thailand, was reassigned to Sunosuchus by Andrade et al. (2011).[1] The material from Kyrgyzstan has not been assigned to any species.

  1. ^ De Andrade, M. B.; Edmonds, R.; Benton, M. J.; Schouten, R. (2011). "A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163: S66–S108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x.