Theriosuchus

Theriosuchus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous,
Fossil of T. pusillus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Family: Atoposauridae
Genus: Theriosuchus
Owen, 1879
Species
  • T. pusillus Owen, 1879 (type)
  • T. grandinaris Lauprasert et al., 2011
  • T. morrisonensis Foster, 2018

Theriosuchus is an extinct genus of atoposaurid neosuchian from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe (Hungary & southern England), Southeast Asia (Thailand) and western North America (Wyoming), with fragmentary records from Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sites in China, Morocco, and Scotland.