Sabresuchus

Sabresuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Europe. The name is derived from 'Sabre' in reference to the enlarged and curved fifth maxillary tooth, and 'suchus' from the Ancient Greek for crocodile.[1]

Sabresuchus
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Paralligatoridae
Genus: †Sabresuchus
Tennant et al., 2016
Species
  • S. ibericus Brinkmann, 1992 (type)
  • S. symplesiodon Martin et al., 2010

Taxonomy

Two valid species are currently recognized: Sabresuchus ibericus from eastern Spain, and Sabresuchus symplesiodon from Romania,.[1] Both species were previously assigned under the genus Theriosuchus, as T. ibericus[2] and T. symplesiodon[3] respectively. A 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a neosuchian more closely related to members of the family Paralligatoridae than to atoposaurids.[1]

References
  1. Tennant Jonathan P., Mannion Philip D., Upchurch Paul (2016). "Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Brinkmann, W. (1992). "Die Krokodilier-Fauna aus der Unter-Kreide (Ober-Barremium) von Uña (Provinz Cuenca, Spanien)". Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (E). 5: 1–123.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Martin Jeremy, Rabi Márton, Csiki Zoltán (2010). "Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania". Naturwissenschaften. 97 (9): 845–854. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y. PMID 20711558.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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