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Plesiosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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