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Suchodus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Thalattosuchia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Sauropsida

Family
  
Metriorhynchidae

Rank
  
Genus

Suchodus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Purranisaurus, Gracilineustes, Teleidosaurus, Cricosaurus, Torvoneustes

Suchodus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic period of England and France.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

In the 2000s, phylogenetic analysis has shown that Suchodus is a distinct metriorhynchid genus.

Valid species are:

  • S. brachyrhynchus: Western Europe (England and France) of the Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian and Oxfordian); Metriorhynchus cultridens is a junior synonym.
  • S. durobrivensis: Western Europe (England and France) of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian). Was originally the type species of the genus Suchodus, but it was regarded as a junior synonym of Metriorhynchus by Andrews, 1913.

    • References

    Suchodus Wikipedia
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