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Sunosuchus

Description

Sunosuchus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian. Fossils are known from China, Kyrgyzstan, and Thailand and are Jurassic in age, although some may be Early Cretaceous. Four species are currently assigned to the genus: the type species S. miaoi and the species S. junggarensis, S. shartegensis, and S. shunanensis. All species are from China. Goniopholis phuwiangensis, also from Thailand, was reassigned to Sunosuchus by Andrade et al. (2011). The material from Kyrgyzstan has not been assigned to any species.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4822263https://www.gbif.org/species/4822263
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36611https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36611
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : Sunosuchus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Goniopholididae : Sunosuchus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
-Coelognathosuchia
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusSunosuchusYoung 1949
Scientific NameSunosuchus Young, 1949
Name Published InBull. Geol. Soc. China, 28
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Mesosuchiastated with evidenceYoung, 1948
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated without evidenceBuffetaut and Ingavat, 1980
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated with evidenceBuffetaut and Ingavat, 1984
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to GoniophididaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated without evidenceWu et al., 1996
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated with evidenceStorrs and Efimov, 2000
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated without evidenceAverianov, 2001
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Crocodiliasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated with evidenceTykoski et al., 2002
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Neosuchiastated without evidenceSereno et al., 2003
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated without evidenceLauprasert et al., 2007
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Neosuchiastated without evidenceLarsson and Sues, 2007
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholidaestated without evidenceSchellhorn et al., 2009
Sunosuchusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated with evidenceWings et al., 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance174 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. -C. Young. 1948. Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(3-4):255-288
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunosuchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sunosuchus junggarensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Sunosuchus miaoi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2174 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Sunosuchus shunanensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Sunosuchus shartegensis Efimov, 1988GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : Sunosuchus : Sunosuchus shartegensis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1948Sunosuchus Young p. 258
1980Sunosuchus Buffetaut and Ingavat
1984Sunosuchus Buffetaut and Ingavat
1988Sunosuchus Carroll
1988Sunosuchus shartegensis Efimov
1996Sunosuchus Wu et al. p. 608
2000Sunosuchus Storrs and Efimov p. 409
2000Sunosuchus shartegensis Storrs and Efimov p. 409
2001Sunosuchus Averianov p. 776
2002Sunosuchus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Sunosuchus Tykoski et al.
2003Sunosuchus Maisch et al.
YearName and Author
2003Sunosuchus Sereno et al.
2007Sunosuchus Larsson and Sues
2007Sunosuchus Lauprasert et al. p. 202
2009Sunosuchus Schellhorn et al.
2009Sunosuchus shartegensis Schellhorn et al.
2010Sunosuchus Wings et al.
2011Sunosuchus Andrade et al.
2012Sunosuchus Bronzati et al.
2012Sunosuchus Martin and Buffetaut
2013Sunosuchus Pritchard et al.
2015Sunosuchus Puértolas-Pascual et al.

References

Young C. -C. (1948) Fossil crocodiles in China, with notes on dinosaurian remains associated with the Kansu crocodiles, Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28 3-4, 255-288
Buffetaut E., Ingavat R. (1980) A new crocodilian from the Jurassic of Thailand, Sunosuchus thailandicus n. sp. (Mesosuchia, Goniopholididae), and the palaeogeographical history of south-east Asia in the Mesozoic, Géobios 13 6, 879-889
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Wu X.-C., Brinkman D. B., et al (1996) Sunosuchus junggarensis sp. nov. (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33 4, 606-630
Storrs G. W., Efimov M. B. (2000) Mesozoic crocodyliforms of north-central Eurasia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 402-419
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Tykoski R. S., Rowe T. B., et al (2002) Calsoyasuchus valliceps, a new crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 3, 593-611
Maisch M. W., Matzke A. T., et al (2003) Sunosuchus (Archosauria, Crocodyliformes) from the Toutunhe Formation (Middle Jurassic) of the Southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW-China), Geobios 36, 391-400
Sereno P. C., Sidor C. A., et al (2003) A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 2, 477-482
Larsson H. C. E., Sues H.-D. (2007) Cranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Hamadasuchus rebouli (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cretaceous of Morocco, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149, 533-567
Lauprasert K., Cuny G., et al (2007) Siamosuchus phuphokensis, a new goniopholidid from the Early Cretaceous (ante-Aptian) of northeastern Thailand, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 178 3, 201-216
Schellhorn R., Schwarz-Wings D., et al (2009) Late Jurassic Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia) from the Qigu Formation in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China), Fossil Record 12 1, 59-69
Wings O., Schwaz-Wings D., et al (2010) Overview of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China, and description of isolated crocodyliform teeth from the Late Jurassic Liuhuanggoi locality, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 90, 283-294 doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0033-1
Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108
Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606
Martin J. E., Buffetaut E. (2012) The maxillary depression of Pholidosauridae: an anatomical study, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 6, 1442-1446
Pritchard A. C., Turner A. H., et al (2013) Osteology of a North American Goniopholidid (Eutretauranosuchus delfsi) and Palate Evolution in Neosuchia, American Museum Novitates 3783, 1-56
Puértolas-Pascual E., Canudo J. I., et al (2015) New material from a huge specimen of Anteophthalmosuchus cf. escuchae (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications, Journal of Iberian Geology 41 1, 41-56 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48654
Bull. Geol. Soc. China, 28 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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