A new crocodyloid (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of China

Jiangxisuchus nankangensis gen. et sp. nov. is described on the basis of a nearly complete skull and mandible from the Upper Cretaceous of China. It is the only representative of the Crocodyloidea truly known in the Cretaceous of China on the basis of a set of cranial features, such as the palatine not extending significantly beyond the anterior end of the suborbital fenestra and the fronto-parietal suture making modest entry into the...