Suchosaurus

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Suchosaurus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder:  ?Dinosauria
Order:  ?Saurischia
Suborder:  ?Theropoda
Family:  ?Spinosauridae
Genus: Suchosaurus
Owen, 1841
Species
  • S. cultridens Owen, 1841
  • S. girardi Sauvage, 1897/98

Suchosaurus (meaning "crocodile lizard"), originally believed to be a crocodile, was possibly a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur from Cretaceous England. It may be a senior synonym for Baryonyx. The type material consists of teeth. Two species, S. cultridens and S. girardi, have been named.

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