Lentamanusuchus
| Lentamanusuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian
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| Holotype specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Ichthyosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Hupehsuchia |
| Family: | †Hupehsuchidae |
| Genus: | †Lentamanusuchus Qiao, Iijima & Liu, 2025 |
| Species: | †L. hubeiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lentamanusuchus hubeiensis Qiao, Iijima & Liu, 2025
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Lentamanusuchus (lit. 'pliant hand crocodile') is an extinct genus of hupehsuchian ichthyosauromorph reptiles known from the Early Triassic Jialingjiang Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, Lentamanusuchus hubeiensis, known from a partial articulated skeleton. It is characterized by its unusually widely spaced autopodia, which may have contributed to forming a larger, smooth flipper to aid in swimming.