Sabresuchus
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| Sabresuchus Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Paralligatoridae |
| Genus: | †Sabresuchus Tennant et al., 2016 |
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Sabresuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Europe.[1] The name is derived from 'Sabre' in reference to the enlarged and curved fifth maxillary tooth, and 'suchus' from the Ancient Greek for crocodile.[2]
