Rugosuchus nonganensis Wu et al. 2001 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Paralligatoridae

Full reference: X.-C. Wu, Z.-W. Cheng, and A. P. Russell. 2001. Cranial anatomy of a new crocodyliform (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of Song-Liao Plain, northeastern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1653-1663

Belongs to Rugosuchus according to X.-C. Wu et al. 2001

See also Bronzati et al. 2012 and Sertich and O'Connor 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGV 33, a skull (majority of skull with mandible in tight occlusion). Its type locality is Fulongquan Township, which is in a Campanian lacustrine mudstone in the Nenjiang Formation of China.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fulongquan Township

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