Theriosuchus Temporal range:
Late Jurassic -
Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil of T. pusillus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Clade: | Eusuchia |
Family: | † Atoposauridae |
Genus: | †
Theriosuchus Owen, 1879 |
Species | |
Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe ( Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia ( Thailand) and western North America ( Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland. [2]
Three valid species are currently recognized: Theriosuchus pusillus from southern England, [3] T. grandinaris from Thailand, [4] and T. morrisonensis from the Morrison Formation of North America. [5] Theriosuchus was previously assigned to Atoposauridae, but a 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a neosuchian more closely related to members of the family Paralligatoridae than to atoposaurids. [2]
Two species previously assigned to this genus, Theriosuchus ibericus [6] and T. symplesiodon, [7] have been reassigned to the new genus Sabresuchus. [2] On the other hand, Theriosuchus guimarotae from Portugal [8] has been reassigned to Knoetschkesuchus. [9]
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Theriosuchus Temporal range:
Late Jurassic -
Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil of T. pusillus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Clade: | Neosuchia |
Clade: | Eusuchia |
Family: | † Atoposauridae |
Genus: | †
Theriosuchus Owen, 1879 |
Species | |
Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe ( Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia ( Thailand) and western North America ( Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland. [2]
Three valid species are currently recognized: Theriosuchus pusillus from southern England, [3] T. grandinaris from Thailand, [4] and T. morrisonensis from the Morrison Formation of North America. [5] Theriosuchus was previously assigned to Atoposauridae, but a 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a neosuchian more closely related to members of the family Paralligatoridae than to atoposaurids. [2]
Two species previously assigned to this genus, Theriosuchus ibericus [6] and T. symplesiodon, [7] have been reassigned to the new genus Sabresuchus. [2] On the other hand, Theriosuchus guimarotae from Portugal [8] has been reassigned to Knoetschkesuchus. [9]
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