Yonghesuchus

Yong-he-su-kus.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Yonghesuchus ‭(‬Yonghe crocodile‭)‬.

Phonetic

Yong-he-su-kus.

Named By

X.‭ ‬-C.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Liu‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Diapsida,‭ ‬Archosauromorpha,‭ ‬Archosauria,‭ ‬Pseudosuchia,‭ ‬Suchia,‭ ‬Gracilisuchidae.

Diet

Insectivore/Carnivore.

Species

Y.‭ ‬sangbiensis‭

Size

Holotype skull about‭ ‬15.5.‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Tongchuan Formation.

Time Period

Ladinian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Two partial skulls,‭ ‬a mandible and some vertebrae.

In Depth

       Yonghesuchus is a genus of small arhcosaur that lived in China during the Triassic.‭ ‬Although a total body length is unknown at the time of writing,‭ ‬the small skull size alone indicates that Yonghesuchus would have been a‭ ‬small animal,‭ ‬and a predator of animals even smaller than itself.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The anatomy of the first archosauriform‭ (‬Diapsida‭) ‬from the terrestrial Upper Triassic of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬39:251-265.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬-C.‭ ‬Wu,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Liu‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Li‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

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