Indosinosuchus

In-do-sy-no-su-kus.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on May 16, 2016

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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.

Diet

Piscivore.

Species

I.‭ ‬potamosiamensis‭

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.

In Depth

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.