Plesiosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plesiosuchus is an extinct genus of geosaurine metriorhynchid crocodyliform known from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian stage) of Dorset, England and possibly also Spain. It contains a single species, Plesiosuchus manselii.[1]
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Plesiosuchus | |
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Holotype skull NHMUK PV OR40103 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
Subtribe: | †Plesiosuchina |
Genus: | †Plesiosuchus Owen, 1884 |
Type species | |
†Plesiosuchus manselii (Hulke, 1870 [originally Steneosaurus]) |
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