Biology:Tienosuchus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
| Tienosuchus Temporal range: Eocene
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| Genus: | Tienosuchus Young, 1949
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Tienosuchus is a dubious extinct monospecific genus of gavialoid crocodilian. It is known from a single tooth and some postcranial remains collected from Eocene deposits in Hunan, China .[1] It is closely related to the genus Thoracosaurus, and has traditionally been placed in the subfamily Thoracosaurinae. The subfamily is now considered to be a paraphyletic assemblage of basal gavialoids, and therefore not a true clade.[2] Because the fragmentary remains provide little diagnostic value, the genus is now considered a nomen dubium.
References
- ↑ Lucas, S.G. (2001). "Paleogene". Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 229. ISBN 9780231084833. https://archive.org/details/chinesefossilver00luca_370.
- ↑ Brochu, C. A. (2004). "A new Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from Eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of Thoracosaurs". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (3): 610–633. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0610:anlcgc2.0.co;2]. http://doc.rero.ch/record/15194/files/PAL_E2470.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7801063 entry
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