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Penghusuchus

Description

Penghusuchus is an extinct genus of tomistomine crocodylian. It is known from a skeleton found in Upper Miocene rocks of Penghu Island, off Taiwan. It appears to be related to two other fossil Asian tomistomines: Maomingosuchus petrolica of southeastern China and Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis of Japan. The taxon was described in 2009 by Shan and colleagues; the type species is P. pani.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8498165https://www.gbif.org/species/8498165
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)266000https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266000
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : Penghusuchus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Penghusuchus
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
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
-Crocodylia
-BrevirostresCuvier
superfamilyCrocodyloideaDeraniyagala 1939
subfamilyTomistominaeEastman 1902
genusPenghusuchusW.u.Shan Cheng & Sato 2009
Scientific NamePenghusuchus W.u.Shan, Cheng & Sato, 2009
Name Published InArticle title: A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Penghusuchusgenusbelongs to Tomistominaestated with evidenceShan et al., 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Crocodylia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H.-Y. Shan, X.-C. Wu, and Y.-N. Cheng, T. Sato. 2009. A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:529-555
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penghusuchus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Penghusuchus pani
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Penghusuchus Shan et al.

References

Shan H.-Y., Wu X.-C., et al (2009) A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46, 529-555
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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