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| fossil_range = [[Late Jurassic]]
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| authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], [[1884 in paleontology|2012]]
| type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Plesiosuchus manselii'''''
| type_species_authority = Owen, 1884
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'''''Plesiosuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[geosaurine]] [[metriorhynchid]] [[crocodyliform]] from the [[Late Jurassic]] of [[Dorset]], [[England]].<ref name=Youngetal12>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0044985}}</ref>

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Plesiosuchus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Subtribe: Plesiosuchina
Genus: Plesiosuchus
Owen, 2012
Type species
Plesiosuchus manselii
Owen, 1884

Plesiosuchus is an extinct genus of geosaurine metriorhynchid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic of Dorset, England.[1]

References

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