Name:
Indosinosuchus
(Indochinese crocodile).
Phonetic: In-do-sy-no-su-kus.
Named By: J. E. Martin, S. Suteethorn, K.
Lauprasert, H.-Y. Tong, E. Buffetaut, R. Liard, C.
Salaviale, U. Deesri, V. Suteethorn & J. Claude
-
2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia, Teleosauridae.
Species: I. potamosiamensis
(type), I. kalasinensis.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Holotype skull of I. potamosiamensis up to
50 centimetres long.
Known locations: Thailand - Phu Kradung
Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skulls and lower jaws.
Indosinosuchus
is a genus of thalattosuchian (sea crocodile) that lived in waters
around Asia, possibly around the late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new freshwater
teleosaurid from the Jurassic of northeastern Thailand. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 38(6):e1549059. - J. E. Martin,
S. Suteethorn, K. Lauprasert, H.-Y. Tong, E. Buffetaut,
R. Liard, C. Salaviale, U. Deesri, V. Suteethorn
&
J. Claude - 2018.
- The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea
(Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their
ecology and evolution. - PeerJ. 8: e9808. - Michela M.
Johnson, Mark T. Young & Stephen L. Brusatte -
2020.
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