Sunosuchus Young 1948 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Full reference: C. -C. Young. 1948. Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(3-4):255-288

Parent taxon: Goniopholididae according to E. Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2015

See also Andrade et al. 2011, Averianov 2001, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Ingavat 1980, Buffetaut and Ingavat 1984, Carroll 1988, Larsson and Sues 2007, Lauprasert et al. 2007, Maisch et al. 2003, Martin and Buffetaut 2012, Pritchard et al. 2013, Schellhorn et al. 2009, Sepkoski 2002, Sereno et al. 2003, Storrs and Efimov 2000, Tykoski et al. 2002, Wings et al. 2010, Wu et al. 1996 and Young 1948

Sister taxa: Amphicotylus, Anteophthalmosuchus, Calsoyasuchus, Coelosuchus, Denazinosuchus, Eutretauranosuchus, Goniopholinae, Goniopholis, Goniopholis tenuidens, Hulkepholis, Nannosuchus, Ophiussasuchus, Oweniasuchus, Oweniasuchus lusitanicus, Pinaosuchus, Pliogonodon, Siamosuchus, Symptosuchus, Symptosuchus contortidens

Subtaxa: Sunosuchus junggarensis Sunosuchus miaoi Sunosuchus shartegensis Sunosuchus shunanensis

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (8 collections), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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