Qianosuchus

Qianosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Suchia
Clade: Paracrocodylomorpha
Branch: Poposauroidea
Genus: Qianosuchus
Li C. et al., 2006
Species
  • Q. mixtus Li C. et al., 2006 (type)

Qianosuchus is an extinct genus of aquatic archosaur from the middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of Pan County, China. It is represented by two nearly complete skeletons and a crushed skull.[1]

References

  1. Nesbitt, S.J. (2011). "The early evolution of archosaurs: relationships and the origin of major clades" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 352: 1–292. doi:10.1206/352.1.
Triassic Period
Lower/Early Triassic Middle Triassic Upper/Late Triassic
Induan |Olenekian Anisian | Ladinian Carnian | Norian
Rhaetian
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