Fugusuchus

Fugusuchus is an extinct genusofarchosauriform, probably the basal-most member of the family Erythrosuchidae.^[1]^[2]^[3] The genus is known from a single fossil from the middle Early Triassic Heshanggou FormationinShanxi, China. The partial skeleton consists of an incomplete skull, parts of the right forelimb, and an intercentrum.^[1] The skeleton, known as GMB V 313, is currently in the Geological Museum of ChinainBeijing.^[4]

Fugusuchus Temporal range: Late Olenekian–Early Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Family:	†Erythrosuchidae
Genus:	†Fugusuchus Cheng, 1980
Species
†F. hejiapensis Cheng, 1980 (type)

Fugusuchus was a medium-sized archosauriform. It has a long and relatively low skull, unlike the higher more pointed skulls of related genera such as Erythrosuchus. In Fugusuchus, the tooth row of the upper jaw extends beneath the orbit, or eye socket. This feature distinguishes it from more advanced erythrosuchids such as Garjainia and Erythrosuchus, in which teeth are only present in front of the orbital area.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Parrish, J.M. (1992). "Phylogeny of the Erythrosuchidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 12 (1): 93–102. doi:10.1080/02724634.1992.10011434.

^ Butler, Richard J.; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Liu, Jun; Sookias, Roland B.; Sullivan, Corwin (2019-02-19). "The anatomy and phylogenetic position of the erythrosuchid archosauriform Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis from the earliest Middle Triassic of China". PeerJ. 7: e6435. doi:10.7717/peerj.6435. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6385703. PMID 30809443.

^ Ezcurra, Martín D.; Gower, David J.; Sennikov, Andrey G.; Butler, Richard J. (2019-02-27). "The osteology of the holotype of the early erythrosuchid Garjainia prima (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the upper Lower Triassic of European Russia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185 (3): 717–783. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly061. ISSN 0024-4082.

^ Ezcurra, Martín D. (2016-04-28). "The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms". PeerJ. 4: e1778. doi:10.7717/peerj.1778. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4860341. PMID 27162705.

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