Theriosuchus

Name: Theriosuchus.
Phonetic: Feh-re-o-su-kuss.
Named By: Richard Owen‭ ‬-‭ ‬1879.
Synonyms: Brachydectes minor,‭ ‬Oweniasuchus minor.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Neosuchia.
Species: T.‭ ‬pusillus‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬guimarotae,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬grandinaris.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Denmark‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rabekke Formation.‭ ‬England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Forest Marble Formation,‭ ‬Kilmaluag Formation,‭ ‬Lulworth Formation,‭ ‬Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation.‭ ‬France‭ ‬-‭ ‬Saint-Chinian Formation.‭ ‬Germany‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lower Kimmeridge marls Formation.‭ ‬Morocco‭ ‬-‭ ‬Anoual Formation.‭ ‬Portugal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alcobaça Formation.‭ ‬Romania‭ ‬-‭ ‬Densus-Ciula Formation.‭ ‬Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬Arcillas de Morella Formation,‭ ‬Artoles Formation,‭ ‬Blesa Formation,‭ ‬Camarillas Formation,‭ ‬El Castellar Formation,‭ ‬La Huérguina Formation.‭ ‬Thailand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Sao Khua Formation.
Time period: Jurassic to Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of many individuals.

       Theriosuchus is a genus of small neosuchian crocodylomorph that was fairly common across Europe,‭ ‬but is now also known to have lived in North Africa and Asia.‭ ‬Two former species of Theriosuchus,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬ibericus and T.‭ ‬sympiestodon,‭ ‬now reside in their own genus,‭ ‬Sabresuchus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new species of Theriosuchus‭ (‬Atoposauridae,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha‭) ‬from the Late Jurassic‭ (‬Kimmeridgian‭) ‬of Guimarota,‭ ‬Portugal.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Géobios‭ ‬38:779-802.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Schwarz and S.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Salisbury‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.
-‭ ‬Atoposaurid crocodyliforms from the Khorat Group of Thailand:‭ ‬first record of Theriosuchus from Southeast Asia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paläontologische Zeitschrift‭ ‬85:37-47.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Lauprasert,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Laojumpon,‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Saenphala,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬Cuny,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Thirakhupt‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬Suteethorn‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

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