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Genus: | Zholsuchus Nesov et al., 1989 |
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Zholsuchus is a genusofcrocodyliform that may have been a goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian, but is only known from scanty material (a right premaxilla, one of the bones of the tip of the snout). This specimen was found in the Turonian-age Upper Cretaceous Bissekty FormationofDzharakhuduk, Uzbekistan.[1] Zholsuchus was described in 1989 by Lev Nesov and colleagues. The type speciesisZ. procevus.
A 2000 review by Glenn Storrs and Mikhail Efimov designated Zholsuchusadubious name,[2] while a 2022 study found that Zholsuchus is a valid taxa by the traits assigned to the specimens assigned to Zholsuchus, and showed affiliations with crown-group crocodylians.[1]
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