Platysuchus
{{Short description|Genus of reptiles}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|183|176}} Toarcian
| image = Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus 1.JPG
| image_caption = Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
| display_parents = 2
| parent_authority = Westphal, 1961
| taxon = Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
| authority = (Berckhemer, 1929)
}}
Platysuchus ("flat crocodile") is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of southern Germany and Luxembourg.
Taxonomy
Platysuchus was originally described as a member of the genus Mystriosaurus, as M. multiscrobiculatus.B E R CK H E ME R , F. 1929. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Krokodilier des schwa¨bischen oberen Lias.Neues Jahrbuch fu¨r Mineralogie, Geologie und Pala¨ontologie, Abteilung B,64, 1–60. However, Westphal (1961) found M. multiscrobiculatus generically distinct from Mystriosaurus and renamed it Platysuchus.F. Westphal. 1961. Zu Systematik der deutschen und englischen Lias-Krokodilier [The systemarics of the German and English Lias crocodiles]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 113(2):207-218
Distribution
Platysuchus has been found in Toarcian age marine deposits in southern Germany and Luxembourg.Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young, Stephen L. Brusatte, Ben Thuy & Robert Weis (2018): A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian (Jurassic) of southern Luxembourg, Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1427090
References
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External links
- [http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/repcrocs.pdf Angellis Net pdf]
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Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
Category:Prehistoric marine crocodylomorphs
Category:Early Jurassic crocodylomorphs
Category:Early Jurassic reptiles of Europe
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