Maomingosuchus

Maomingosuchus; Temporal range: Late Eocene (Priabonian), 37.2–34 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Two fossils, Zhejiang Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Crocodilia
Family:	Gavialidae
Genus:	†Maomingosuchus; Shan et al., 2017
Species:	†M. petrolica
Binomial name
	†Maomingosuchus petrolica; (Yeh, 1958)

Maomingosuchus is an extinct genus of tomistomine from Eocene deposits of China. The type species, "Tomistoma petrolica" was named in 1958[1] and was redescribed as Maomingosuchus in 2017.[2]

Skull, Tianjin Natural History Museum

References

H.-K. Yeh. 1958. A new crocodile from Maoming, Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(4):237-242
Hsi-Yin Shan; Xiao-Chun Wu; Yen-Nien Cheng; Tamaki Sato (2017). "Maomingosuchus petrolica, a restudy of "Tomistoma" petrolica Yeh, 1958". Palaeoworld. 26 (4): 672–690. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.03.006.

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[1] H.-K. Yeh. 1958. A new crocodile from Maoming, Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(4):237-242

[2] Hsi-Yin Shan; Xiao-Chun Wu; Yen-Nien Cheng; Tamaki Sato (2017). "Maomingosuchus petrolica, a restudy of "Tomistoma" petrolica Yeh, 1958". Palaeoworld. 26 (4): 672–690. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2017.03.006.