Suchia

Suchia is a clade of archosaurs containing the majority of pseudosuchians. It was defined as the least inclusive clade containing Aetosaurus ferratus, Rauisuchus tiradentes, Prestosuchus chiniquensis, and Crocodylus niloticus by Nesbitt (2011). Generally the only pseudosuchian group which is omitted from Suchia is the family Ornithosuchidae, although at least one analysis classifies ornithosuchids as close relatives of erpetosuchids and aetosaurs. Phytosaurs are also excluded from Suchia, although it is not certain whether they qualify as pseudosuchians in the first place.

Suchia

Vince Smith from London, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PseudosuchiaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Pseudosuchia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Diapsida

Time the record covers

At least 248 million years on record.

The record covers at least 248.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 251.902 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 0 of 6315 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 5 of 6315 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 43 of 6315 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 603 of 6315 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 243 of 6315 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 236 of 6315 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 454 of 6315 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 634 of 6315 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1489 of 6315 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 337 of 6315 occurrencesEocene — about 663 of 6315 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 154 of 6315 occurrencesMiocene — about 842 of 6315 occurrencesPliocene — about 157 of 6315 occurrencesPleistocene — about 381 of 6315 occurrences257–248 Mya — about 4 occurrences248–240 Mya — about 29 occurrences240–231 Mya — about 68 occurrences231–223 Mya — about 138 occurrences223–214 Mya — about 187 occurrences214–206 Mya — about 189 occurrences206–197 Mya — about 139 occurrences197–188 Mya — about 62 occurrences188–180 Mya — about 60 occurrences180–171 Mya — about 24 occurrences171–163 Mya — about 204 occurrences163–154 Mya — about 94 occurrences154–146 Mya — about 310 occurrences146–137 Mya — about 192 occurrences137–128 Mya — about 72 occurrences128–120 Mya — about 198 occurrences120–111 Mya — about 128 occurrences111–103 Mya — about 93 occurrences103–94 Mya — about 196 occurrences94–86 Mya — about 70 occurrences86–77 Mya — about 334 occurrences77–69 Mya — about 630 occurrences69–60 Mya — about 500 occurrences60–51 Mya — about 350 occurrences51–43 Mya — about 224 occurrences43–34 Mya — about 201 occurrences34–26 Mya — about 109 occurrences26–17 Mya — about 235 occurrences17–8.6 Mya — about 495 occurrences8.6–0 Mya — about 780 occurrences248.6 Mya11.7 ka257 Mya0 Mya

6,315 occurrences of Suchia on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

6,315 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

1019 formations

Chinle — 34.44°N, 109.46°WChinle — 36.32°N, 106.47°WChinle — 35.05°N, 109.83°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.25°WChinle — 35.09°N, 109.79°WChinle — 34.94°N, 109.77°WChinle — 35.12°N, 110.55°WChinle — 34.83°N, 109.82°WChinle — 34.51°N, 109.36°WChinle — 36.26°N, 106.81°WChinle — 36.09°N, 111.36°WChinle — 35.90°N, 111.29°WChinle — 35.65°N, 111.12°WChinle — 36.40°N, 106.50°WChinle — 39.83°N, 106.33°WChinle — 38.44°N, 109.93°WChinle — 35.38°N, 109.37°WChinle — 37.56°N, 110.28°WChinle — 34.68°N, 109.58°WChinle — 34.53°N, 109.32°WChinle — 34.94°N, 109.74°WChinle — 34.81°N, 109.86°WChinle — 35.28°N, 109.15°WChinle — 35.63°N, 109.16°WChinle — 35.63°N, 109.10°WChinle — 35.35°N, 109.20°WChinle — 36.00°N, 109.45°WChinle — 35.67°N, 109.05°WChinle — 36.40°N, 109.20°WChinle — 34.73°N, 109.67°WChinle — 34.77°N, 109.52°WChinle — 35.84°N, 111.30°WChinle — 35.47°N, 108.53°WChinle — 36.58°N, 106.83°WChinle — 35.41°N, 108.47°WChinle — 36.31°N, 106.45°WChinle — 36.10°N, 106.20°WChinle — 36.38°N, 109.57°WChinle — 35.60°N, 106.86°WChinle — 39.83°N, 106.90°WChinle — 35.92°N, 111.45°WHell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 47.68°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 45.98°N, 103.75°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.94°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.18°N, 103.84°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 45.94°N, 103.95°WHell Creek — 45.53°N, 101.63°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.25°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 46.09°N, 100.63°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.32°N, 107.15°WHell Creek — 47.95°N, 105.63°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 104.01°WHell Creek — 45.83°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 46.41°N, 103.50°WHell Creek — 46.24°N, 107.38°WHell Creek — 47.64°N, 106.57°WHell Creek — 45.66°N, 105.08°WHell Creek — 45.89°N, 104.55°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 104.92°WHell Creek — 45.00°N, 103.19°WHell Creek — 46.00°N, 103.19°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.83°N, 109.09°WWillwood — 44.63°N, 108.89°WWillwood — 44.44°N, 108.63°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.62°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.43°WWillwood — 44.37°N, 108.67°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.59°N, 108.41°WWillwood — 44.53°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.54°WWillwood — 44.52°N, 108.57°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.90°WWillwood — 44.65°N, 108.83°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.41°N, 108.79°WWillwood — 44.33°N, 108.77°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WWillwood — 44.10°N, 108.03°WWillwood — 44.28°N, 108.58°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 10.13°S, 67.81°WSolimões — 9.08°S, 68.67°WSolimões — 8.16°S, 70.55°WSolimões — 9.05°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 7.84°S, 69.15°WSolimões — 8.24°S, 70.42°WSolimões — 9.03°S, 69.47°WSolimões — 9.43°S, 70.51°WSolimões — 9.09°S, 69.86°WSolimões — 9.12°S, 70.13°WSolimões — 9.22°S, 69.91°WSolimões — 9.15°S, 70.23°WSolimões — 9.33°S, 70.37°WSolimões — 9.37°S, 69.94°WSolimões — 8.79°S, 67.47°WSolimões — 9.19°S, 68.70°WSolimões — 9.27°S, 68.71°WSolimões — 9.40°S, 68.74°WSolimões — 10.15°S, 69.30°WSolimões — 10.21°S, 69.38°WSolimões — 10.30°S, 69.48°WSolimões — 10.98°S, 69.71°WSolimões — 10.95°S, 69.66°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.52°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.43°WSolimões — 10.94°S, 69.35°WSolimões — 7.61°S, 73.39°WSolimões — 8.18°S, 72.78°WSolimões — 8.98°S, 72.75°WSolimões — 9.13°S, 72.70°WSolimões — 9.20°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 9.39°S, 72.72°WSolimões — 8.24°S, 73.26°WSolimões — 8.29°S, 73.25°WSolimões — 8.37°S, 72.81°WSolimões — 8.83°S, 72.78°WSolimões — 8.86°S, 72.77°WSolimões — 8.99°S, 72.76°WSolimões — 9.28°S, 72.69°WSolimões — 11.00°S, 68.77°WSolimões — 6.50°S, 69.67°WMorrison — 39.15°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 40.42°N, 109.21°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 105.96°WMorrison — 38.54°N, 105.22°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 106.11°WMorrison — 39.68°N, 105.19°WMorrison — 41.99°N, 106.08°WMorrison — 41.97°N, 106.29°WMorrison — 41.88°N, 105.89°WMorrison — 44.18°N, 103.34°WMorrison — 44.46°N, 104.73°WMorrison — 38.81°N, 108.32°WMorrison — 38.32°N, 108.83°WMorrison — 40.44°N, 109.30°WMorrison — 39.17°N, 108.77°WMorrison — 38.85°N, 108.48°WMorrison — 39.24°N, 109.00°WMorrison — 36.92°N, 102.98°WMorrison — 42.16°N, 105.91°WMorrison — 42.04°N, 106.39°WMorrison — 40.50°N, 109.17°WMorrison — 44.02°N, 104.24°WMorrison — 37.31°N, 103.52°WMorrison — 38.58°N, 108.40°WMorrison — 42.02°N, 106.05°WMorrison — 38.45°N, 107.40°WMorrison — 39.32°N, 110.69°WMorrison — 41.92°N, 106.36°WMorrison — 40.46°N, 108.39°WMorrison — 43.62°N, 108.18°WMorrison — 42.53°N, 106.76°WMorrison — 38.34°N, 109.10°WMorrison — 42.73°N, 108.58°WMorrison — 35.53°N, 106.90°WMorrison — 39.01°N, 111.02°WMorrison — 40.30°N, 108.57°WMorrison — 40.27°N, 108.68°WKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.27°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EKoobi Fora — 4.08°N, 36.35°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EUrumaco — 11.22°N, 70.24°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.31°WUrumaco — 11.27°N, 70.22°WUrumaco — 11.38°N, 69.93°WUrumaco — 11.17°S, 70.30°WUrumaco — 11.20°N, 70.36°WDenver — 39.70°N, 104.70°WDenver — 38.91°N, 104.53°WDenver — 39.50°N, 104.70°WDenver — 39.30°N, 104.30°WLance — 43.35°N, 104.48°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 44.77°N, 100.70°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.65°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.80°N, 104.62°WLance — 45.75°N, 101.20°WLance — 45.04°N, 108.80°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.62°WLance — 43.27°N, 104.65°WLance — 43.43°N, 105.05°WLance — 45.67°N, 101.48°WLance — 45.39°N, 103.70°WLance — 41.91°N, 104.20°WLance — 43.49°N, 104.46°WCloverly — 44.51°N, 107.90°WCloverly — 43.73°N, 108.33°WCloverly — 45.34°N, 108.81°WCloverly — 44.69°N, 108.24°WCloverly — 44.98°N, 108.32°WCloverly — 45.45°N, 108.10°WCloverly — 45.44°N, 108.14°WCloverly — 45.26°N, 108.41°WCloverly — 44.04°N, 107.51°WCloverly — 44.65°N, 107.88°WCloverly — 44.50°N, 107.82°WCloverly — 44.47°N, 109.05°WCloverly — 44.44°N, 109.06°WCloverly — 45.19°N, 108.80°WCloverly — 45.80°N, 109.80°WCloverly — 45.49°N, 108.73°WCloverly — 45.10°N, 106.90°WAdamantina — 21.10°S, 49.28°WAdamantina — 21.94°S, 51.37°WAdamantina — 19.46°S, 49.25°WAdamantina — 25.73°S, 48.58°WAdamantina — 22.05°S, 51.55°WAdamantina — 21.44°S, 50.17°WAdamantina — 20.57°S, 50.47°WAdamantina — 20.34°S, 50.55°WAdamantina — 21.59°S, 51.19°WAdamantina — 21.22°S, 48.57°WAdamantina — 17.70°S, 40.77°WAdamantina — 19.34°S, 49.92°WAdamantina — 22.31°S, 50.03°WAdamantina — 19.51°S, 50.11°WAdamantina — 21.57°S, 51.35°WAdamantina — 21.30°S, 48.48°WAdamantina — 22.34°S, 49.95°WAdamantina — 21.17°S, 48.50°WAdamantina — 21.14°S, 48.97°WAdamantina — 22.12°S, 51.37°WAdamantina — 20.35°S, 49.28°WAdamantina — 21.64°S, 50.06°WAdamantina — 20.28°S, 50.25°WAdamantina — 21.33°S, 48.58°WAdamantina — 19.44°S, 49.26°WAdamantina — 18.34°S, 50.48°WAdamantina — 20.92°S, 50.45°WAdamantina — 22.00°S, 49.00°WPebas — 3.99°S, 73.17°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.37°WPebas — 4.30°S, 73.46°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WPebas — 4.01°S, 73.03°WPebas — 2.81°S, 73.55°WPebas — 3.74°S, 73.25°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.32°WDinosaur Park — 50.73°N, 111.53°WDinosaur Park — 50.81°N, 111.63°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.48°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 49.07°N, 110.45°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.34°WDinosaur Park — 50.56°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WDinosaur Park — 50.51°N, 110.39°WPortland — 42.28°N, 72.56°WPortland — 42.61°N, 72.55°WPortland — 41.69°N, 72.64°WPortland — 42.61°N, 72.51°WPortland — 41.55°N, 72.69°WPortland — 41.73°N, 72.66°WPortland — 42.05°N, 72.56°WMaevarano — 15.91°S, 46.58°EMaevarano — 15.72°S, 46.32°EMaevarano — 15.98°S, 46.05°EMaevarano — 16.12°S, 45.74°EMaevarano — 16.13°S, 45.63°EFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WFerris — 41.80°N, 107.00°WFerris — 41.96°N, 106.89°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WOldman — 50.48°N, 111.38°WOldman — 49.36°N, 110.58°WOldman — 49.96°N, 110.26°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.34°WFort Union — 44.68°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.67°N, 108.45°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 44.30°N, 109.00°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 46.90°N, 101.50°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WOxford Clay — 52.54°N, 0.25°WOxford Clay — 52.60°N, 0.21°WOxford Clay — 51.83°N, 0.70°WOxford Clay — 51.75°N, 1.18°WOxford Clay — 53.54°N, 0.23°WOxford Clay — 51.37°N, 2.14°WOxford Clay — 50.61°N, 2.45°WBridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 42.42°N, 109.35°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.27°N, 110.34°WBridger — 41.27°N, 109.93°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WIsalo IIIb — 16.49°S, 47.08°EIsalo IIIb — 16.42°S, 47.13°EIsalo IIIb — 16.55°S, 46.98°ECooper Canyon — 33.52°N, 101.32°WCooper Canyon — 33.11°N, 101.45°WCooper Canyon — 33.00°N, 101.15°WCooper Canyon — 33.04°N, 101.38°WCooper Canyon — 33.45°N, 101.44°WCooper Canyon — 33.18°N, 101.35°WEl Castellar — 40.67°N, 0.67°WEl Castellar — 40.66°N, 0.87°WEl Castellar — 40.58°N, 0.69°WEl Castellar — 40.62°N, 0.84°WEl Castellar — 40.46°N, 0.74°WEl Castellar — 40.44°N, 0.73°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.74°N, 1.31°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.75°N, 1.18°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.25°N, 2.16°WKimmeridge Clay — 52.40°N, 0.28°EKimmeridge Clay — 50.61°N, 2.13°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.59°N, 2.47°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.56°N, 1.78°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.35°N, 1.99°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.41°N, 2.00°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.76°N, 1.20°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.63°N, 2.34°WKimmeridge Clay — 51.36°N, 1.65°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.61°N, 2.16°W

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The named rock units Suchia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 995 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,045 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Suchia and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Suchia and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

2,816 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,439 sites for Suchia, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

2,404 references

Each of the 6,315 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 2,392 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Suchia

Credit
Vince Smith from London, United Kingdom
Licence
CC BY-SA 2.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Suchia was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Krebs 1974