Suchomimus

“crocodile mimic”

CLASSIFICATION

Suchomimus Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Gado, Larsson, Lyon, Marcot, Rauhut, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, G. P. Wilson & J. A. Wilson, 1998TYPE SPECIES:S. tenerensis Sereno, Beck, Dutheil, Gado, Larsson, Lyon, Marcot, Rauhut, Sadleir, Sidor, Varricchio, G. P. Wilson & J. A. Wilson, 1998

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 11 m (subadult)

see also: World Records

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TIME

Aptian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Niger

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

• S.tenerensis
  • [holotype]: partial subadult skeleton
  • nearly complete postcranium, ?skull
  • partial skull

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

This baryonychine had a two-foot-high sail over its hips. Some think it may be the same as Baryonyx.

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IMAGES

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