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PENGHUSUCHUS
(pen-gu-su-kus)
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 |
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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.

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