| Litorosuchus Temporal range: Ladinian (Middle Triassic)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Litorosuchus Li et al., 2016 |
| Species: | †L. somnii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Litorosuchus somnii Li et al., 2016
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Litorosuchus is a genus of armored, semiaquatic archosauriform reptile from the Middle Triassic of China, closely related to the morphologically similar Vancleavea. It contains one species, L. somnii.[1]
- ^ Li, C.; Wu, X.-C.; Zhao, L.-J.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Stocker, M.R.; Wang, L.-T. (2016). "A new armored archosauriform (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the marine Middle Triassic of China, with implications for the diverse life styles of archosauriforms prior to the diversification of Archosauria". The Science of Nature. 103 (95): 95. Bibcode:2016SciNa.103...95L. doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1418-4. PMID 27830290. S2CID 11147562.