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Anglosuchus

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Anglosuchus
Temporal range: 175–170 Ma
Bajocian - Bathonian
Skulls of A. geoffroyi and A. laticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Pholidosauridae
Genus: Anglosuchus
Mook, 1942
Species

Anglosuchus is an extinct genus of pholidosaurid mesoeucrocodylian. Both species of Anglosuchus were originally assigned to the genus Steneosaurus by Richard Owen in 1884, but were later placed in the new genus.[1] It was once thought to be a teleosaurid but later reassigned to the family Pholidosauridae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mook, C. C. (1942) Anglosuchus, a new genus of teleosauroid crocodilians. American Museum Novitates ; no. 1217
  2. ^ Carroll, R.L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. WH Freeman and Company, New York ISBN 0-7167-1822-7