# Suchoprion

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Extinct genus of reptiles

Suchoprion Temporal range: Late Triassic, 221–205 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: †Phytosauria Genus: †Suchoprion Cope, 1877 Type species †Suchoprion cyphodon Cope, 1877 Other species †S. sulcidens Cope, 1878

***Suchoprion*** is a [dubious](/source/Nomen_dubium) [genus](/source/Genus) of [phytosaurian](/source/Phytosaur) [archosaur](/source/Archosaur) known from poor remains from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) of [North America](/source/North_America). It was once thought to be a [theropod](/source/Theropod) [dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur) until 2013, when it was reclassified as a [phytosaur](/source/Phytosaur).[1]

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).[2] The second species, *S. sulcidens*, was named in 1878. Both species were found in Wheatley's Copper Mines, [Emigsville](/source/Emigsville) in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 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]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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

## External links

- [George Olshevsky's Dinosaur Genera List](http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html)

- [The Paleobiology Database](https://www.paleodb.org)

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Taxon identifiers Suchoprion Wikidata: Q7632974 GBIF: 4823700 IRMNG: 1218951 Paleobiology Database: 70391

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