Suchoprion

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]], {{fossilrange|221|205}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Suchoprion | authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1877 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Suchoprion cyphodon''''' | type_species_authority = Cope, 1877 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}'''''S. sulcidens''''' <br/><small>Cope, 1878</small> }}

'''''Suchoprion''''' is a [[nomen dubium|dubious]] [[genus]] of [[phytosaur]]ian [[archosaur]] known from poor remains from the [[Late Triassic]] of [[North America]]. It was once thought to be a [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] until 2013, when it was reclassified as a [[phytosaur]].<ref>M. R. Stocker and R. J. Butler. 2013. Phytosauria. In S. J. Nesitt, J. B. Desojo, R. B. Irmis (eds.), Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379 [R. Butler/R. Butler]</ref>

Edward Drinker Cope named the genus ''Suchoprion'' in 1877 on the basis of a single species: ''S. cyphodon'' (the type), known only from weathered teeth (AMNH FR 2331A).<ref>Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Descriptions of extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic formations of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100):182-193</ref> The second species, ''S. sulcidens'', was named in 1878. Both species were found in Wheatley's Copper Mines, [[Emigsville]] in [[Pennsylvania]].

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==External links== *[http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html George Olshevsky's Dinosaur Genera List] *[https://www.paleodb.org The Paleobiology Database]

[[Category:Phytosauria]] [[Category:Prehistoric reptile genera]] [[Category:Late Triassic reptiles of North America]] [[Category:Triassic geology of Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Paleontology in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Nomina dubia]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1877]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]]