Jiangxisuchus

Jiangxisuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous: Maastrichtian, 70.6–66 Ma[1] 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
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Crocodyloidea
Genus:	†Jiangxisuchus Li et al., 2019
Species
†J. nankangensis Li et al., 2019 (type)

Jiangxisuchus is an extinct genus of crocodylian that lived during the Late Cretaceous, likely Maastrichtian, in what is now China. At the time of its description in 2019 it was proposed to be a basal member of Crocodyloidea. However, another concurrent 2019 study recovered Jiangxisuchus instead placed it in the clade Orientalosuchina, which were proposed to be early alligatoroids. The classification of Jiangxisuchus has since then remained in flux. Like other orientalosuchins, Jiangxisuchus was a small to medium-sized animal with a short, blunt snout. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Jiangxisuchus nankangensis.