Suchodus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

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|fossil_range = Callovian - Oxfordian, {{Fossil range|167|160}}

|image = Suchodus durobrivense.jpg

|image_caption = Restoration of S. durobrivensis

|taxon = Suchodus

|authority = Lydekker, 1890

|type_species={{extinct}}Suchodus durobrivensis

|type_species_authority = Lydekker, 1890

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Suchodus is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform from the Middle to Late Jurassic period of England and France. It measured between {{cvt|3.3|and|4.7|m|ft}} in total body length.{{cite journal|year=2011|last1=Young|first1=M.T.|last2=Bell|first2=M.A.|last3=de Andrade|first3=M.B.|last4=Brusatte|first4=S.L.|title=Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=163|issue=4|pages=1199–1216|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00734.x|doi-access=free}}

==Taxonomy and phylogeny==

In the 2000s, phylogenetic analysis has shown that Suchodus is a distinct metriorhynchid genus.Young, Mark T., and Marco Brandalise de Andrade, 2009. "What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157: 551-585.Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, M., Andrade, Marco B. 2009. "The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 801-859.

S. durobrivensis was originally the type species of the genus Suchodus, but it was regarded as a junior synonym of Metriorhynchus by Andrews, 1913.Andrews C. W. (1913). A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part Two. London: British Museum (Natural History), 206 pp. It's the only known valid species of the genus.