Suchodus

Suchodus
Temporal range: Callovian - Oxfordian,
Restoration of S. durobrivensis
Skeletal reconstruction of the holotype of "Metriorhynchus cultridens", which has been sugested to belong to the species brachyrhynchus, under the Suchodus genus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Suborder: †Thalattosuchia
Family: †Metriorhynchidae
Subtribe: †Plesiosuchina
Genus: †Suchodus
Lydekker, 1890
Type species
†Suchodus durobrivensis
Lydekker, 1890

Suchodus is an extinct genus of metriorhynchid thalattosuchian from the Middle to Late Jurassic period of England and France It measured between 3.3 and 4.7 m (11 and 15 ft) in total body length. It was a fully marine reptile that would have fed on other large marine fauna.