In Depth
Laosuchus is a genus of reptilomorph that lived in Asia about the time of the Permian/Triassic boundary. Many minute canals have been found running within areas of the skull, and in life these may have been housing for receptors to allow Laosuchus to detect other animals either by heat or electrical impulses from their bodies. These receptors could have been the primary means that Laosuchus used to find prey.
Further Reading
- Laosuchus naga gen. et sp. nov., a new chroniosuchian from South-East Asia (Laos) with internal structures revealed by micro-CT scan and discussion of its palaeobiology. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (14): 1165–1182. - Thomas Arbez, Christian A. Sidor & J.-S�bastien Steyer - 2018. – The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 7. Laosuchus hun sp. nov. (Chroniosuchia) and interrelationships of chroniosuchians. – Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. – J. Liu & J. Chen – 2021.
