Maomingosuchus Temporal range:
Late Eocene:
Priabonian,
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Two fossils, Zhejiang Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Clade: | Longirostres |
Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
Genus: | †
Maomingosuchus Shan et al., 2017 |
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Maomingosuchus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodylian from Late Eocene of Southeast Asia. It was discovered in Priabonian-aged deposits of China and possibly also Thailand. [2] The type species, originally Tomistoma petrolica, was named in 1958 [3] and was redescribed as Maomingosuchus in 2017. [4] A second species, Maomingosuchus acutirostris, was described in 2022 from middle-upper Eocence deposits (late Bartonian– Priabonian age, 39–35 Ma) of the Na Duong Basin in northern Vietnam. [5] It is proposed to be a basal member of Gavialoidea, [1] or alternatively within the family Tomistominae. [5] It was a relatively small gavialoid with an estimated total length of 3–3.5 metres (9.8–11.5 ft). [6] [4]
Maomingosuchus Temporal range:
Late Eocene:
Priabonian,
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Two fossils, Zhejiang Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | Crocodilia |
Clade: | Longirostres |
Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
Genus: | †
Maomingosuchus Shan et al., 2017 |
Species | |
Synonyms | |
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Maomingosuchus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodylian from Late Eocene of Southeast Asia. It was discovered in Priabonian-aged deposits of China and possibly also Thailand. [2] The type species, originally Tomistoma petrolica, was named in 1958 [3] and was redescribed as Maomingosuchus in 2017. [4] A second species, Maomingosuchus acutirostris, was described in 2022 from middle-upper Eocence deposits (late Bartonian– Priabonian age, 39–35 Ma) of the Na Duong Basin in northern Vietnam. [5] It is proposed to be a basal member of Gavialoidea, [1] or alternatively within the family Tomistominae. [5] It was a relatively small gavialoid with an estimated total length of 3–3.5 metres (9.8–11.5 ft). [6] [4]