Tienosuchus
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Crocodilia
Superfamily:
Gavialoidea
Genus:
Tienosuchus

Species
  • T. hsiangi Young, 1949 (type)

Tienosuchus is a dubious extinct monospecific genus of gavialoid crocodilian. It is known from a single tooth and some postcranial remains collected from Eocene deposits in Hunan, China.[1] It is closely related to the genus Thoracosaurus, and has traditionally been placed in the subfamily Thoracosaurinae. The subfamily is now considered to be a paraphyletic assemblage of basal gavialoids, and therefore not a true clade.[2] Because the fragmentary remains provide little diagnostic value, the genus is now considered a nomen dubium.

References

  1. ^ Lucas, S.G. (2001). "Paleogene". Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 229. ISBN 9780231084833.
  2. ^ Brochu, C. A. (2004). "A new Late Cretaceous gavialoid crocodylian from Eastern North America and the phylogenetic relationships of Thoracosaurs" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 610–633. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0610:anlcgc]2.0.co;2. S2CID 131176447.


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