Sokotosuchus

Sokotosuchus Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Crocodylomorpha
Family:	†Dyrosauridae
Genus:	†Sokotosuchus Halstead, 1975
Type species
†Sokotosuchus ianwilsoni Halstead, 1975

Sokotosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodyliform which existed in Africa.^[1]

References

↑ A new small short-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of northeastern Colombia, by Alexander K. Hastings, Jonathan I. Bloch, Edwin A. Cadena, and Carlos A. Jaramillo. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. .

Major clades

Coelognathosuchia Eusuchia Thalattosuchia Tethysuchia

Basal neosuchians

?Dyrosauridae	Acherontisuchus Anthracosuchus Arambourgisuchus Atlantosuchus Cerrejonisuchus Chenanisuchus Congosaurus Dyrosaurus Guarinisuchus Hyposaurus Phosphatosaurus Rhabdognathus Sokotosuchus Tilemsisuchus

Elosuchidae	Elosuchus ?Vectisuchus ?Sarcosuchus

Pholidosauridae	Chalawan ?Elosuchus Meridiosaurus Oceanosuchus Pholidosaurus Sarcosuchus Terminonaris

Others

Eusuchians

Aegyptosuchidae	Aegyptosuchus Aegisuchus

Dolichochampsidae	Dolichochampsa

Hylaeochampsidae	Hylaeochampsa Iharkutosuchus Pachycheilosuchus Pietraroiasuchus

Crocodylia	Borealosuchus Pristichampsidae Alligatoroidea Crocodyloidea Gavialoidea

Others	Gilchristosuchus Heterosuchus Isisfordia

Related categories

Marine crocodylomorphs Terrestrial crocodylomorphs Jurassic crocodylomorphs Cretaceous crocodylomorphs Paleogene crocodylomorphs Neogene crocodylomorphs

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