Allognathosuchus

Allognathosuchus
Temporal range: Eocene,
Life restoration of Allognathosuchus gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Order: Crocodilia
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Alligatorinae
Genus: †Allognathosuchus
Mook, 1921
Species
  • †A. polyodon (Cope, 1872 [originally Crocodylus polyodon]) (type)
  • †?A. gracilis Rauhe and Rossmann, 1995
  • †A. heterodon (Cope, 1872 [originally Alligator heterodon])
  • †?A. wartheni Case, 1925
  • †?A. woutersi Buffetaut, 1985

Allognathosuchus (meaning "other jaw crocodile") is an extinct genus of alligatorine crocodylian with a complicated taxonomic history. It was named in 1921.

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