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†Theriosuchus Owen 1878 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Atoposauridae

Parent taxon: Atoposauridae according to R. Allain et al. 2022

See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buscalioni and Sanz 1988, Buscalioni and Sanz 1990, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Foster 2018, Joffe 1967, Karl et al. 2006, Larsson and Sues 2007, Lauprasert et al. 2011, Martin et al. 2010, Martin et al. 2014, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Ortega et al. 2000, Pol and Norell 2004, Sertich and O'Connor 2014, Tennant et al. 2016, Thies et al. 1997, Turner 2006, Wu et al. 1994, Wu et al. 1996 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Alligatorellus, Alligatorium, Aprosuchus, Atoposaurus, Knoetschkesuchus, Sabresuchus, Varanosuchus

Subtaxa: Theriosuchus grandinaris Theriosuchus morrisonensis Theriosuchus pusillus

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Type: Theriosuchus pusillus

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), France (5), Romania (4), Spain (9), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2), Morocco (1), Thailand (2)

• Jurassic of China (1), France (1), Germany (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences

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