Named By: | H.inY. Shan, X.inC. Wu, Y.inN. Cheng & T. Sato in 2009 |
Time Period: | Late Miocene |
Location: | Taiwan - Yuwentao Formation |
Size: | Holotype skull roughly about 85 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial skull and partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Crocodilia | Tomistominae | |
Penghusuchus is an extinct genus of tomistomine crocodylian. It is known from a skeleton found in Upper Miocene rocks of Penghu Island, off Taiwan. It appears to be related to two other fossil Asian tomistomines: Maomingosuchus petrolica of southeastern China and Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis of Japan. The taxon was described in 2009 by Shan and colleagues; the type species is P. pani.