Suchodus
Encyclopedia
Suchodus is an extinct genus
of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic
period of England
and France
.
Genus
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of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
period of England
England
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and France
France
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.
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that Suchodus is a distinct metriorhynchid genus.Valid species
- 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.