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Laosuchus hun
A chroniosuchian characterized by: preorbital fenestra absent; well-developed transverse flange of the pterygoid that contacts the maxilla; internal crest on and above the dorsal side of the palate (vomer, ectopterygoid and pterygoid); shallow otic notch formed by the tabular horn and the posterior part of the squamosal; thin and high ventromedial ridge on parasphenoid; surangular dorsal surface forming a fossa for the insertion of external adductors; maxilla and quadratojugal separated by jugal; jugal with ventral (alary) process bordering subtemporal fenestra (last two features also present in some reptiliomorphs).
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Laosuchus hun Liu and Chen |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Nei Mongol) | Laosuchus hun (217808) |