Strigosuchus

Strigosuchus is an extinct genus of crurotarsan from the Early Jurassic of China. Remains have been found from the Lower Lufeng Series in Yunnan.^[1] The genus was named by paleontologist D.J. Simmons in 1965 with the type species being S. licinus.^[2] Although originally classified as an ornithosuchid, the fragmentary holotype specimen of Strigosuchus has been suggested to be from a sphenosuchian rather than an ornithosuchid.^[3] Other Lufeng crocodylomorphs found in association with Strigosuchus include the protosuchian Platyognathus and the sphenosuchian Dibothrosuchus.^[4]

Strigosuchus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
(unranked):	Archosauria
Superorder:	?Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	?Sphenosuchia
Genus:	Strigosuchus Simmons, 1965
Species
S. licinus Simmons, 1965 (type)