Sabresuchus

Name: Sabresuchus ‭(‬Sabre crocodile‭)‬.
Phonetic: Say-ber-su-kuss.
Named By: J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Tennant,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mannion‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Synonyms: Theriosuchus ibericus.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Neosuchia.
Species: S.‭ ‬ibericus‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬sympiestodon.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Romania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Densus-Ciula Formation,‭ ‬Sanpetru Formation.‭ ‬Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬La Hu�rguina Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Originally named as species of Theriosuchus,‭ ‬Sabresuchus is a genus of crocodylomorph that lived in Europe during the Cretaceous.

Further reading
- Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania. - Naturwissenschaften. 97 (9): 845–854. - Martin Jeremy, Rabi M�rton & Csiki Zolt�n - 2010.
-‭ ‬Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae‭ (‬Crocodylomorpha:‭ ‬Neosuchia‭)‬:‭ ‬implications for the rise of Eusuchia.‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬177:854-936.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Tennant,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Mannion‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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