Strigosuchus Explained

Strigosuchus is an extinct genus of crurotarsan from the Early Jurassic of China. Remains have been found from the Lower Lufeng Series in Yunnan.^[1] The genus was named by paleontologist D.J. Simmons in 1965 with the type species being S. licinus.^[2] Although originally classified as an ornithosuchid, the fragmentary holotype specimen of Strigosuchus has been suggested to be from a sphenosuchian rather than an ornithosuchid.^[3] Other Lufeng crocodylomorphs found in association with Strigosuchus include the protosuchian Platyognathus and the sphenosuchian Dibothrosuchus.^[4]

Notes and References

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2. Simmons . D.J. . 1965 . The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China . Fieldiana Geology . 15 . 1–93 . 10.5962/bhl.title.5426. free .
3. Parrish . J.M. . 1987 . The origin of crocodilian locomotion . Paleobiology . 13 . 4 . 396–414. 10.1017/S0094837300009003 . 85804935 .
4. Book: Padian, K. . 1989 . Did "thecodontians" survive the Triassic? . Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest . Lucas, S.G. . Hunt, A.P. . New Mexico Museum of Natural History . Albuquerque . 401–414.