Dinosaur
Suchomimus
A crocodile-like snout on a dinosaur
Fossils from Niger helped document the anatomy of this long-snouted member of the spinosaurid family.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Suchomimus at a glance
- Diet
- Meat eater; fish important
- The elongated snout and conical teeth fit aquatic prey. This does not imply a diet consisting only of fish.
- When it lived
- Early Cretaceous
- Geological period represented by its fossil record. Dates and assignments can be refined through further study.
- Group
- Spinosauridae
- Spinosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Niger
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Suchomimus
Suchomimus had a long, shallow snout reminiscent of a crocodile. That resemblance inspired its name, but it was a theropod dinosaur belonging to the spinosaurids. Baryonyx and Spinosaurus are other members of the same family, with elongated jaws and conical teeth.
It was described in 1998 from discoveries in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger. Remains attributed to several individuals make its anatomy better documented than that of some relatives known from only a few fragments. Repeated features can be compared across the specimens.
The skull fits a role for aquatic prey in its diet. Yet jaw shape alone does not provide an exact menu or settle how much time the animal spent in water. Those questions require several kinds of evidence.
A family of theropods with elongated snouts and conical teeth. Their aquatic adaptations and habits differed and remain under study.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
A crocodile-like snout indicates anatomical similarity, not that Suchomimus was a crocodile or lived exactly like one.
Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Suchomimus tenerensis
Wikipedia contributors · Spanish source
Adapted and translated from Suchomimus tenerensis by Wikipedia contributors. See the linked revision for the source text and contributor history.
- Suchomimus
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Adapted and translated from Suchomimus by Wikipedia contributors. See the linked revision for the source text and contributor history.
- Spinosauridae
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Group information adapted from Wikipedia contributors.
Educational text adapted in English from the existing Wikipedia-backed Dinosgacha catalogue and the linked Wikipedia articles by Wikipedia contributors.
Translated, shortened and edited for this encyclopedia; uncertain interpretations are identified. Selected museum and research references supplement verification.
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