''Sabresuchus'' is an extinct genus of

neosuchia Neosuchia is a clade within Mesoeucrocodylia that includes all modern extant crocodilians and their closest fossil relatives. It is defined as the most inclusive clade containing all crocodylomorphs more closely related to ''Crocodylus niloticus' ...

crocodyliform Crocodyliformes is a clade of crurotarsan archosaurs, the group often traditionally referred to as "crocodilians". They are the first members of Crocodylomorpha to possess many of the features that define later relatives. They are the only pseudo ...

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

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, and ''Sabresuchus symplesiodon'' from

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

,. Both species were previously assigned under the genus ''Theriosuchus'', as ''T. ibericus'' and ''T. symplesiodon'' respectively. A 2016 cladistic analysis recovered it as a

n more closely related to members of the family

Paralligatoridae Paralligatoridae is an extinct family of neosuchian crocodyliforms that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It includes the genera ''Paralligator'', '' Brillanceausuchus'', '' Kansajsuchus'', ''Shamosuchus'', ''Scolomastax'', ''Sa ...

than to atoposaurids.

References

Neosuchians Crocodyliforms Cretaceous Romania Fossils of Romania Cretaceous Spain Fossils of Spain La Huérguina Formation Fossil taxa described in 2016 Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera {{paleo-archosaur-stub