Siamosuchus
Siamosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Family: | †Goniopholididae |
Genus: | †Siamosuchus Lauprasert et al., 2007 |
Type species | |
†Siamosuchus phuphokensis Lauprasert et al., 2007
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Siamosuchus is a genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. Its fossils have been recovered from the pre-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of eastern Thailand. It is known from a partial skull, most of the right half of the postcranial skeleton, and some bony scutes. Siamosuchus was described by Lauprasert and colleagues in 2007. The type species is S. phuphokensis. Siamosuchus may be closely related to the European genus Goniopholis.[1]
References[]
- ^ Lauprasert, K.; Cuny, G.; Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Thirakhupt, K. (2007). "Siamosuchus phuphokensis, a new goniopholidid from the Early Cretaceous (ante-Aptian) of northeastern Thailand". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 178 (3): 201–216. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.178.3.201.
Categories:
- Fossil taxa described in 2007
- Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Asia
- Neosuchians
- Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs