Platysuchus

Platysuchus ("flat crocodile") is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of southern Germany and Luxembourg.

Platysuchus Temporal range: 183–176 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Toarcian
Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Teleosauridae
Subfamily:	†Teleosaurinae
Genus:	†Platysuchus Westphal, 1961
Species:	†P. multiscrobiculatus
Binomial name
†Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus (Berckhemer, 1929)

Taxonomy

Close ups of various parts of the holotype

Platysuchus was originally described as a member of the genus Mystriosaurus, as M. multiscrobiculatus.^[1] However, Westphal (1961) found M. multiscrobiculatus generically distinct from Mystriosaurus and renamed it Platysuchus.^[2]

Distribution

Platysuchus has been found in Toarcian age marine deposits in southern Germany and Luxembourg.^[3]