| Suchodus | |
|---|---|
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| S. brachyrhynchus skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Thalattosuchia |
| Order: | Metriorhynchidae |
| Family: | †Plesiosuchia |
| Genus: | †Suchodus Richard Lydekker, 1890 |
| Species: | †S. brachyrhynchus Lydekker, 1890 |
| Binomial name | |
| S. durobrivensis Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1867 | |
Suchodus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic period of England and France.
Taxonomy and phylogeny[]
Restoration of S. durobrivensis.
In the 2000s, phylogenetic analysis has shown that Suchodus is a distinct metriorhynchid genus.[1][2]
Valid species are:
- S. brachyrhynchus: Western Europe (England and France) of the Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian and Oxfordian) period; 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.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Young, Mark T., and Marco Brandalise de Andrade, 2009. "What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157: 551-585.
- ↑ Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, M., Andrade, Marco B. 2009. "The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 801-859.
- ↑ Andrews CW. 1913. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part Two. London: British Museum (Natural History), 206 pp.