Platysuchus

Platysuchus
Temporal range: 183–176 Ma

Toarcian

Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Infraclass: Archosauromorpha
(unranked): Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Teleosauridae
Genus: Platysuchus
Westphal, 1961
Species
  • P. multiscrobiculatus Berckhemer, 1929 (type)

Platysuchus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian). All specimens are known from Germany.

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