Theriosuchus
Sign in to saveTheriosuchus 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.
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It is catalogued under topics including Atoposauridae, Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs and Early Cretaceous reptiles of Europe.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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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.
==Taxonomy== upright|thumb|left|Skull elements of T. pusillus Three valid species are currently recognized: Theriosuchus pusillus from southern England, T. grandinaris from Thailand, and T. morrisonensis from the Morrison Formation of North America. 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.
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