Platysuchus

Platysuchus
Temporal range: 183–176 Ma Toarcian
Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus 1.JPG
Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Teleosauridae
Subfamily: Teleosaurinae
Genus: Platysuchus
Westphal, 1961
Species:
P. multiscrobiculatus
Binomial name
Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
(Berckhemer, 1929)

Platysuchus ("flat crocodile") is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of southern Germany and Luxembourg.

Taxonomy

Close ups of various parts of the holotype

Platysuchus was originally described as a member of the genus Mystriosaurus, as M. multiscrobiculatus. However, Westphal (1961) found M. multiscrobiculatus generically distinct from Mystriosaurus and renamed it Platysuchus.


Distribution

Platysuchus has been found in Toarcian age marine deposits in southern Germany and Luxembourg.



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