Junggarsuchus

Junggarsuchus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic[1]
~163.5 to 162.2 Ma - Oxfordian
Holotype skull (IVPP V14010), Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Solidocrania
Genus: †Junggarsuchus
Clark et al., 2004
Type species
†Junggarsuchus sloani
Clark et al., 2004

Junggarsuchus (/ˌdʒəŋɡərˈsukəs/) is an extinct genus of sphenosuchian crocodylomorph from the Middle[2] or Late Jurassic[1][3] period of China. The type and only species is J. sloani. The generic name of Junggarsuchus comes from the Junggar Basin (the anglicization of Dzungar),[4] where the fossil was found, and the Greek word "souchos" meaning crocodile. The specific name, "sloani" is in honor of C. Sloan, who is credited with finding the holotype.[2]

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  2. ^ a b Clark, James M.; Xing Xu; Forster, Catherine A.; Yuan Wang (2004). "A Middle Jurassic 'sphenosuchian' from China and the origin of the crocodylian skull" (PDF). Nature. 430 (7003): 1021–1024. Bibcode:2004Natur.430.1021C. doi:10.1038/nature02802. PMID 15329719. S2CID 4420246.
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  4. ^ Kuiper, Kathleen (2014). "Dzungar". Britannica.com. The Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2023-08-06.