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Genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Platysuchus ("flat crocodile") is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of southern Germany and Luxembourg.
| Platysuchus Temporal range: Toarcian | |
|---|---|
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| Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Teleosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Platysuchus Westphal, 1961 |
| Species: | †P. multiscrobiculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus (Berckhemer, 1929) | |
Platysuchus was originally described as a member of the genus Mystriosaurus, as M. multiscrobiculatus.[1] However, Westphal (1961) found M. multiscrobiculatus generically distinct from Mystriosaurus and renamed it Platysuchus.[2]
Platysuchus has been found in Toarcian age marine deposits in southern Germany and Luxembourg.[3]
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