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Hsisosuchus ✝

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Hsisosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyliform from China. Currently there are three species within this genus: H. dashanpuensis is from the Middle Jurassic, while H. chungkingensis and H. chowi are from the Late Jurassic. . It is likely to have been a medium-sized predator (~3 meters in length).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsisosuchus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4822138	https://www.gbif.org/species/4822138
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	38379	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38379

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Hsisosuchus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Shartegosuchidae : Hsisosuchus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
-	Pseudosuchia
-	Suchia	Krebs 1974
-	Paracrocodylomorpha	Parrish 1993
-	Loricata
-	Crocodylomorpha
suborder	Crocodyliformes	Hay 1930
-	Shartegosuchoidea	Dollman et al. 2018
family	Shartegosuchidae	Efimov 1988
genus	Hsisosuchus	Young & Chow 1953

Scientific Name

Hsisosuchus Young & Chow, 1953

Name Published In

Acta Palaeont. Sin. 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Mesosuchia	stated without evidence	Gasparini, 1984
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Hsisosuchidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated with evidence	Pol and Norell, 2004
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated with evidence	Fiorelli and Calvo, 2008
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated with evidence	Clark, 2011
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Crocodyliformes	stated without evidence	Bronzati et al., 2012
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia	stated with evidence	Sertich and O'Connor, 2014
Hsisosuchus	genus	belongs to Shartegosuchidae	stated with evidence	Dollman et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

164 - 145 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C.-C. Young and M.-C. Chow. 1953. New fossil reptiles from Szechuan China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(3):87-109

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsisosuchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hsisosuchus chowi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Hsisosuchus chungkingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Hsisosuchus Young and Chow
1984	Hsisosuchus Gasparini p. 93
1988	Hsisosuchus Carroll
2004	Hsisosuchus Pol and Norell
2006	Hsisosuchus Gasparini et al. p. 72
2006	Hsisosuchus Zaher et al.
2008	Hsisosuchus Fiorelli and Calvo

Year	Name and Author
2010	Hsisosuchus Martin et al.
2011	Hsisosuchus Clark
2011	Hsisosuchus Nascimento and Zaher
2012	Hsisosuchus Bronzati et al.
2014	Hsisosuchus Sertich and O'Connor
2018	Hsisosuchus Dollman et al.

References

Young C.-C., Chow M.-C. (1953) New fossil reptiles from Szechuan China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1 3, 87-109

Gasparini Z. (1984) New Tertiary Sebecosuchia (Crocodylia: Mesosuchia) from Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4 1, 85-95

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Pol D., Norell M. A. (2004) A New Crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3445, 1-36

Gasparini Z., Pol D., et al (2006) An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia, Science 311, 70-73

Zaher H., Pol D., et al (2006) Redescription of the Cranial Morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and Its Phylogenetic Affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia), American Museum Novitates 3512, 1-40

Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124

Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y

Clark J. M. (2011) A new shartegosuchid crocodyliform from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western Colorado, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S152-S172

Nascimento P. M., Zaher H. (2011) The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus alberoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S116-S131

Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606

Sertich J. J. W., O'Connor P. M. (2014) A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3, 576-596

Dollman K. N., Clark J. M., et al (2018) Convergent Evolution of a Eusuchian-Type Secondary Palate within Shartegosuchidae, American Museum Novitates 3901, 1-23

Acta Palaeont. Sin. 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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