Sabresuchus

Sabresuchus; Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Family:	†Paralligatoridae
Genus:	†Sabresuchus; Tennant et al., 2016
Species
	S. ibericus (Brinkmann, 1992) (type); S. sympiestodon (Martin et al., 2010);

Sabresuchus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Europe. The name is derived from 'Sabre' in reference to the enlarged and curved fifth maxillary tooth, and 'suchus' from the Ancient Greek for crocodile.

Taxonomy

Two valid species are currently recognized: Sabresuchus ibericus from eastern Spain, and Sabresuchus sympiestodon from Romania,. Both species were previously assigned under the genus Theriosuchus, as T. ibericus and T. sympiestodon respectively. A 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a neosuchian more closely related to members of the family Paralligatoridae than to atoposaurids.

References

↑ "†Sabresuchus Tennant et al. 2016". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
1 2 3 Tennant, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul (2016). "Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 854–936. doi:10.1111/zoj.12400. hdl:10044/1/29026.
↑ Brinkmann, W. (1992). "Die Krokodilier-Fauna aus der Unter-Kreide (Ober-Barremium) von Uña (Provinz Cuenca, Spanien)". Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Reihe E (Paläobiologie). 5: 1–123.
↑ Martin, Jeremy E.; Rabi, Márton; Csiki, Zoltán (2010). "Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania". Naturwissenschaften. 97 (9): 845–854. Bibcode:2010NW.....97..845M. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y. PMID 20711558. S2CID 32176974.

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[PaleobiologyDB-1] "†Sabresuchus Tennant et al. 2016". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[Atoposauridae16-2] 1 2 3 Tennant, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D.; Upchurch, Paul (2016). "Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 854–936. doi:10.1111/zoj.12400. hdl:10044/1/29026.

[Brinkmann-3] Brinkmann, W. (1992). "Die Krokodilier-Fauna aus der Unter-Kreide (Ober-Barremium) von Uña (Provinz Cuenca, Spanien)". Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Reihe E (Paläobiologie). 5: 1–123.

[4] Martin, Jeremy E.; Rabi, Márton; Csiki, Zoltán (2010). "Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania". Naturwissenschaften. 97 (9): 845–854. Bibcode:2010NW.....97..845M. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y. PMID 20711558. S2CID 32176974.