Eohupehsuchus
Eohupehsuchus Temporal range: Lower Triassic, 247.2 Ma | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Hupehsuchia |
Genus: | †Eohupehsuchus Chen et al., 2014 |
Species: | †E. brevicollis |
Binomial name | |
Eohupehsuchus brevicollis Chen et al., 2014 | |
Eohupehsuchus is a genus of extinct hupehsuchian diapsids from the Lower Triassic of China. It is known from its holotype WGSC 26003, which was found in the Jialingjiang Formation, which dates to the upper Spathian. The binomial Eohupehsuchus brevicollis was chosen by the describers of the specimen, and it means "short necked dawn Hubei crocodile".[1]
References
- ↑ Chen, X.-H.; Motani, R.; Cheng, L.; Jiang, D.-Y.; Rieppel, O. (2014). Farke, Andrew A., ed. "A Small Short-Necked Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of Hubei Province, China". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e115244. PMC 4269458 . PMID 25517113. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115244.
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