Southern district of Anhui Province (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Wanosuchus atresus type locality

Where: Anhui, China (30.7° N, 117.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 110.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Paleocene? Horizon unknown

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1970-1972; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: F. Zhang. 1981. A fossil crocodile from Anhui Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(3):200-207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115112: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Wanosuchus atresus n. gen. n. sp.
Wanosuchus atresus n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1981 crocodilian
IVPP V6262 - holotype - almost complete mandible