''Suchodus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic period of England and France. It measured between in total body length.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

In the 2000s, phylogenetic analysis has shown that ''Suchodus'' is a distinct metriorhynchid genus.Young, Mark T., and Marco Brandalise de Andrade, 2009. "What is ''

Geosaurus ''Geosaurus'' is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform within the family Metriorhynchidae, that lived during the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous. ''Geosaurus'' was a carnivore that spent much, if not all, its life out at sea. No ''Geosa ...

''? Redescription of ''Geosaurus giganteus'' (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany." ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', 157: 551-585.Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, M., Andrade, Marco B. 2009. "The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 158: 801-859. Valid species are: *''S. brachyrhynchus'': Western Europe (England and France) of the Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian and Oxfordian); '' Metriorhynchus cultridens'' is a junior synonym. *''S. durobrivensis'': Western Europe (England and France) of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian). Was originally the type species of the genus ''Suchodus'', but it was regarded as a junior synonym of ''Metriorhynchus'' by Andrews, 1913.Andrews C. W. (1913). ''A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part Two''. London: British Museum (Natural History), 206 pp.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7632949 Prehistoric animals of Europe Jurassic crocodylomorphs Fossil taxa described in 1890 Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs Oxford Clay