Theriosuchus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe (Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia (Thailand) and western North America (Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland.[3]
| Theriosuchus Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Illustration of the lectotype[2] specimen of Theriosuchus pusillus (NHMUK PV OR 48216) as presented by Owen (1879). The specimen is in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Neosuchia |
| Clade: | Eusuchia |
| Family: | †Atoposauridae |
| Genus: | †Theriosuchus Owen, 1879 |
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Taxonomy
Three valid species are currently recognized: Theriosuchus pusillus from southern England,[4] T. grandinaris from Thailand,[5] and T. morrisonensis from the Morrison Formation of North America.[6] Theriosuchus was previously assigned to Atoposauridae, but a 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a neosuchian more closely related to members of the family Paralligatoridae than to atoposaurids.[3]
Two species previously assigned to this genus, Theriosuchus ibericus[7] and T. symplesiodon,[8] have been reassigned to the new genus Sabresuchus.[3] On the other hand, Theriosuchus guimarotae from Portugal[9] has been reassigned to Knoetschkesuchus.[10]
