Suchodus durobrivensis Lydekker 1890 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae

Alternative combination: Metriorhynchus durobrivense

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1890. On a crocodilian jaw from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 46:284-288

Belongs to Suchodus according to M. T. Young et al. 2010

See also Andrews 1913, Bronzati et al. 2012 and Lydekker 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R1994, a mandible (mandibular symphysis). Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peterborough area, Leeds Collection

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