''Peipehsuchus'' is an

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from the Early Jurassic (

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). The

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, ''P. teleorhinus'', is known from

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and fragmentary remains were found in the Callovian of

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. The

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is known only by a fragmentary rostrum and teeth, and was originally believed to be a teleosaurid. A complete teleosaurid skull was referred to ''Peipehsuchus'', however, the type specimen of ''Peipehsuchus'' has since been determined to be a metriorhynchoid and so the skull cannot belong to it.

References

Sources

* Buffeteaut, E., 1982 "Radiation évolutive, paléoécologie et biogéographie des crocodiliens mésosuchiens". ''Société Géologique de France, Mémoirs'' 142: 1-88. * Li, J., 1993, "A new specimen of ''Peipehsuchus teleorhinus'' from Ziliujing formation of Daxian, Sichuan": ''Vertebrata PalAsiatica'', v. 31, n. 2, p. 85-94. * Steel, R., 1973, Crocodylia: ''Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie'', part 16, 116pp

External links

Paleobiology Database: Peipehsuchus
Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Early Jurassic crocodylomorphs Extinct animals of Asia Thalattosuchia {{paleo-archosaur-stub