| Maomingosuchus | |
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| Two fossils,Zhejiang Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Clade: | Longirostres |
| Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
| Genus: | †Maomingosuchus Shanet al., 2017 |
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Maomingosuchus is anextinctgenus ofgavialoidcrocodylian fromLate Eocene of Southeast Asia. It was discovered inPriabonian-aged deposits ofChina and possibly alsoThailand.[2] The type species, originallyTomistoma petrolica, was named in 1958[3] and was redescribed asMaomingosuchus in 2017.[4] A second species,Maomingosuchus acutirostris, wasdescribed in 2022 from middle-upper Eocence deposits (lateBartonian–Priabonian age, 39–35 Ma) of theNa Duong Basin in northernVietnam.[5] It is proposed to be abasal member ofGavialoidea,[1] or alternatively within thefamilyTomistominae.[5] It was a relatively small gavialoid with an estimated total length of 3–3.5 metres (9.8–11.5 ft).[6][4]
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