| Atlantosuchus Temporal range: Late Palaeocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Family: | † Dyrosauridae |
| Genus: | † Atlantosuchus Buffetaut and Wouters, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| †Atlantosuchus coupatezi Buffetaut and Wouters, 1979 | |
Atlantosuchus is an extinct genus of dyrosaurid crocodylomorph [1] from Morocco. One defining characteristic that distinguishes it from other long-snouted dyrosaurids was its proportionally elongate snout, the longest in proportion to body size of any dyrosaurid. Rhabdognathus , a hyposaurine dyrosaurid, is believed to have been the closest relative of the genus. [2]
