Suchoprion is a type of extinct reptile that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 221 to 205 million years ago.
It belongs to a group called phytosaurs, which are not true dinosaurs but are similar in some ways.
Originally, Suchoprion was thought to be a theropod dinosaur, which is a group that includes many meat-eating dinosaurs like T. rex. However, in 2013, scientists figured out that it actually fits better in the phytosaur family and is not a dinosaur at all.
The genus was named by a scientist named Edward Drinker Cope in 1877. The first species he named is called Suchoprion cyphodon. This species is mostly known from weathered teeth that were found, making it hard to learn much about it.
Another species, named Suchoprion sulcidens, was identified soon after in 1878.
Both species were discovered in a place called Wheatley’s Copper Mines in Emigsville, Pennsylvania.
Though we don’t have a lot of complete fossils to study, Suchoprion helps us learn more about the diversity of life in the Triassic period and the evolution of reptiles.