Kansajsuchus

Kansajsuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype premaxilla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Family:	†Paralligatoridae
Genus:	†Kansajsuchus Efimov, 1975
Type species
†Kansajsuchus extensus Efimov, 1975

Kansajsuchus is an extinct genus of paralligatorid mesoeucrocodylian. It is based on PIN 2399/301, a right premaxilla, one of the bones of the tip of the snout. This specimen was found in rocks of the lower Santonian-age Upper Cretaceous Yalovach Svita of Kansai, in the Fergana Basin of Tajikistan. Additional fossils including vertebrae and bony armor have been assigned to this genus. It would have been a large animal, estimated at between 5–7 metres (16–23 ft) long.^[1] Kansajsuchus was described in 1975 by Mikhail Efimov. The type species is Kansajsuchus extensus.^[2]

Classification

Halliday et al. (2013) confirmed the validity of the species K. extensus, and its phylogenetic position among other basal goniopholidids from Asia. "Sunosuchus" shartegensis was found to represent its sister taxon, and both species were placed in a distinct lineage from the type species of Sunosuchus, S. miaoi, however with a weak support. Therefore, the authors raised the suggestion that later revisions and phylogenetic analyses would result in the abandonment of the name Kansajsuchus, and a referral of its type species to Sunosuchus.^[3] However, a subsequent paper by Kuzmin et al. (2019) showed that Kansajsuchus is a member of the family Paralligatoridae.^[1]

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Neosuchia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Clade: Pseudosuchia Clade: Metasuchia
Pseudosuchia see Pseudosuchia Neosuchia see below↓

Neosuchia
Neosuchia †Burkesuchus †Isisfordia †Karatausuchus †Khoratosuchus †Montsecosuchus †Stolokrosuchus? †Susisuchus †Tadzhikosuchus? †Wahasuchus? †Zhyrasuchus? †Thalattosuchia? †Tethysuchia Pholidosauridae Anglosuchus Chalawan Crocodilaemus Dakotasuchus Elosuchus Meridiosaurus Oceanosuchus Pholidosaurus Sarcosuchus Terminonaris Vectisuchus Woodbinesuchus Dyrosauridae Acherontisuchus Anthracosuchus Arambourgisuchus Atlantosuchus Brachiosuchus Cerrejonisuchus Chenanisuchus Congosaurus Dorbignysuchus Dyrosaurus Fortignathus Guarinisuchus Hyposaurus Luciasuchus Phosphatosaurus Rhabdognathus Rodeosuchus Sabinosuchus? Sokotosuchus Tilemsisuchus †Atoposauridae Alligatorellus Alligatorium Aprosuchus Atoposaurus Knoetschkesuchus Sabresuchus Theriosuchus Varanosuchus †Stomatosuchidae Laganosuchus Stomatosuchus †Paluxysuchidae Deltasuchus Paluxysuchus †Goniopholididae Amphicotylus Anteophthalmosuchus Calsoyasuchus Coelosuchus Denazinosuchus Diplosaurus Eutretauranosuchus Goniopholis Hulkepholis Nannosuchus Ophiussasuchus Oweniasuchus Pinacosuchus? Siamosuchus Sunosuchus Symptosuchus? †Bernissartiidae Bernissartia Koumpiodontosuchus †Paralligatoridae Batrachomimus Brillanceausuchus Kansajsuchus Paralligator Rugosuchus Scolomastax Shamosuchus Tarsomordeo Turanosuchus Wannchampsus Yanjisuchus Eusuchia see below↓

Eusuchia
Eusuchia †Borealosuchus †Confractosuchus †Dolichochampsa †Gilchristosuchus †Heterosuchus †Isisfordia? †Portugalosuchus †Pristichampsus †Susisuchus? †Titanochampsa? †Atoposauridae? †Bernissartiidae? †Paralligatoridae? †Hylaeochampsidae Acynodon? Hylaeochampsa Iharkutosuchus Pachycheilosuchus? Pietraroiasuchus Turcosuchus Unasuchus †Allodaposuchidae Agaresuchus Allodaposuchus Arenysuchus? Ischyrochampsa Lohuecosuchus Massaliasuchus Musturzabalsuchus? †Aegyptosuchidae Aegyptosuchus Aegisuchus †"Thoracosaurs" Argochampsa Eogavialis Eosuchus Eothoracosaurus Thoracosaurus †Planocraniidae Boverisuchus Duerosuchus Planocrania Crocodilia see Crocodilia for extant taxa, and Extinct Crocodilia for extinct ones

• See also: Coelognathosuchia
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