Plesiosuchus
Plesiosuchus is an extinct genus of geosaurine metriorhynchid crocodyliform known from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian stage) of Dorset, England and possibly also Spain. It contains a single species, Plesiosuchus manselii.
| Plesiosuchus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| Holotype skull NHMUK PV OR40103 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Subtribe: | †Plesiosuchina |
| Genus: | †Plesiosuchus Owen, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| †Plesiosuchus manselii (Hulke, 1870 [originally Steneosaurus]) | |
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