Junggarsuchus
| Junggarsuchus Temporal range: Late Jurassic ~163.5 to 162.2 Ma - | |
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| A life reconstruction of Junggarsuchus with hypothetical osteoderms | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Solidocrania |
| Genus: | †Junggarsuchus Clark et al., 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Junggarsuchus sloani Clark et al., 2004 | |
Junggarsuchus (/ˌdʒəŋɡərˈsukəs/) is an extinct genus of sphenosuchian crocodylomorph from the Middle or Late Jurassic period of China. The type and only species is J. sloani. The generic name of Junggarsuchus comes from the Junggar Basin (the anglicization of Dzungar), where the fossil was found, and the Greek word "souchos" meaning crocodile. The specific name, "sloani" is in honor of C. Sloan, who is credited with finding the holotype.
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