Name:
Eohupehsuchus
(dawn Hupehsuchus).
Phonetic: E-oh-hu-peh-su-kus.
Named By: X.-H. Chen, R. Motani, L.
Cheng, D. Y. Jiang & O. Rieppel - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Hupehsuchia.
Species: E. brevicollis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Preserved length of the holotype 1bput
18.5-19 centimetres long, but this does not include the tail.
Known locations: China - Jialingjiang
Formation.
Time period: Early Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Eohupehsuchus is a genus of hupehsuchian reptile that lived in China during the early Triassic. The name Eohupehsuchus means 'dawn Hupehsuchus’, a reference to its similarity but earlier appearance to the Hupehsuchus genus.
Further reading
- A Small Short-Necked Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of Hubei
Province, China. - PLOS ONE 9 (12. - X.-H. Chen, R.
Motani, L. Cheng, D. Y. Jiang & O. Rieppel
[Andrew A. Farke, ed.] - 2014.