Suchosaurus

Suchosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Tooth
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 (type)
Synonyms

Suchosaurus (meaning "crocodile lizard") is as a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur from Cretaceous England, originally believed to be a genus of crocodile. The type material consists of teeth. Two species, S. cultridens[1] and S. girardi[2] have been named, though the S. girardi material was reclassified by Buffetaut as Baryonyx walkeri.[3] The remaining species, S. cultridens, is known only from a single tooth that strongly resembles the teeth of the contemporary Baryonyx walkeri. While there are some differences between the teeth, these may or may not represent individual variation among specimens, and Suchosaurus may be a senior synonym of Baryonyx.[3]

Suchosaurus was considered a nomen dubium by Mateus et al. (2011).[4]

References

  1. ^ Owen, R. (1840–1845). Odontography. London: Hippolyte Bailli `ere, 655p. 1–32.
  2. ^ Sauvage, H. E. (1897–1898). Vert ́ebr ́es fossiles du Portugal. Contribution `a l’ ́etude des poissons et des reptiles du Jurassique et du Cr ́etacique. Lisbonne: Direction des Travaux g ́eologiques du Portugal, 46p.
  3. ^ a b Buffetaut, E. (2007). "The spinosaurid dinosaur Baryonyx (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Early Cretaceous of Portugal." Geological Magazine, 144(6): 1021-1025. doi:10.1017/S0016756807003883
  4. ^ Mateus, O., Araújo, R., Natário, C. & Castanhinha, R. 2011. A new specimen of the theropod dinosaur Baryonyx from the early Cretaceous of Portugal and taxonomic validity of Suchosaurus.PDF Zootaxa 2827: 54–68.

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