Tienosuchus

Tienosuchus; Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Genus:	Tienosuchus; Young, 1949
Species
	T. hsiangi Young, 1949 (type);

Tienosuchus is a dubious extinct 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.
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:anlcgc]2.0.co;2.

External links

Tienosuchus in the Paleobiology Database

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[LSG01-1] Lucas, S.G. (2001). "Paleogene". Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 229. ISBN 9780231084833.

[BCA04-2] 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:anlcgc]2.0.co;2.