Planocrania
| Planocrania Temporal range: Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Family: | †Planocraniidae |
| Genus: | †Planocrania Li, 1976 |
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Planocrania is an extinct genus of crocodylians. Planocrania that was once included in the family Pristichampsidae along with the genus Pristichampsus. Both genera were previously assigned to the subfamily Pristichampsinae within the family Crocodylidae before they were placed in their own family, the Pristichampsidae.[1] Two species are currently known to belong to the genus. The type species, P. datangensis, was named in 1976 from material found from Nanxiong in Guangdong Province, China.[2] A second species, P. hengdongensis, is known from Hengdong County in Hunan Province and was described in 1984.[3]
References
- ↑ Brochu, C. A. (2001). "Crocodylian snouts in space and time: phylogenetic approaches toward adaptive radiation". American Zoologist 41 (3): 564–585. doi:10.1668/0003-1569(2001)041[0564:CSISAT]2.0.CO;2.
- ↑ Li, J. L. (1976). "Fossils of Sebecosuchia discovered from Nanxiong, Guangdong". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14: 169–173.
- ↑ Li, J. L. (1984). "A new species of Planocrania from Hengdong, Hunan". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22 (2): 123–134.
External links
- Planocrania in the Paleobiology Database
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