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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Suchosaurus
Say it like this: “SOO-ko-SAWR-us”
Suchosaurus cultridens
Suchosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1842 · Owen, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Grinstead Clay
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Baryonychinae
The story in short
Suchosaurus was formally named in 1842 by R. Owen. The name means “crocodile lizard.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Grinstead Clay Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Suchosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Baryonychinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Baryonyx
Baryonyx walkeri
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Ceratosuchops
Ceratosuchops inferodios
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Cristatusaurus
Cristatusaurus lapparenti
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago