Suchosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Suchosaurus"
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Spinosauridae
genus = "Suchosaurus"
genus_authority = Owen, 1841
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "S. cultridens" Owen, 1841 (type)
synonyms =
* "Baryonyx"? Charig & Milner, 1986

"Suchosaurus" (meaning "crocodile lizard"), originally believed to be a genus of crocodile, was later identified as a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur from Cretaceous England. The type material consists of teeth. Two species, "S. cultridens"Owen, R. (1840–1845). "Odontography". London: Hippolyte Bailli `ere, 655p. 1–32.] and "S. girardi"Sauvage, H. E. (1897–1898). "Vert ́ebr ́es fossiles du Portugal. Contribution `a l’ ́etude des poissons et des reptiles du Jurassique et du Cr ́etacique." Lisbonne: Direction des Travaux g ́eologiques du Portugal, 46p.] have been named, though the "S. girardi" material was reclassified by Buffetaut as "Baryonyx walkeri".Buffetaut, E. (2007). "The spinosaurid dinosaur "Baryonyx" (Saurischia, Theropoda) in the Early Cretaceous of Portugal." "Geological Magazine", 144(6): 1021-1025. doi:10.1017/S0016756807003883] The remaining species, "S. cultridens", is known only from a single tooth that strongly resembles the teeth of the contemporary "Baryonyx walkeri". While there are some differences between the teeth, these may or may not represent individual variation among specimens, and "Suchosaurus" may be a senior synonym of "Baryonyx".

References

External links

* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2007Oct/msg00010.html First post of a long discussion of "Suchosaurus" as a dinosaur and its implications] , in the Dinosaur Mailing List Archives