| Platysuchus Temporal range: 183–176 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Toarcian | |
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| Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Teleosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Platysuchus Westphal, 1961 |
| Species: | †P. multiscrobiculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus (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. However, Westphal (1961) found M. multiscrobiculatus generically distinct from Mystriosaurus and renamed it Platysuchus.
Distribution
Platysuchus has been found in Toarcian age marine deposits in southern Germany and Luxembourg.
References
- 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.
- F. Westphal. 1961. Zu Systematik der deutschen und englischen Lias-Krokodilier . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 113(2):207-218
- 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
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