Pliogonodon
Introduction '''''Pliogonodon''''' is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph. The type species, ''P. priscus'', was named by Joseph Leidy in 1856.The holotype, known as USNM 7448, is a worn and broken tooth found from Phoebus Landing on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. Although the age of the strata in which the tooth was found was not recorded, it is thought to have come from Miocene-age beds. The holotype and another tooth found at the same location are all that is known from the genus. The genus is considered a ''nomen dubium'' because of the lack of diagnostic features possessed by the teeth, and has been suggested to be synonymous with the alligatoroid ''Deinosuchus''. Although Carroll (1988) assigned the genus to the basal neosuchian family Goniopholididae, current consensus is that ''Pligonodon'' is a ''Deinosuchus'' specimen.The two teeth are conical and curve slightly inward, estimated to be around  in length if they had been fully preserved. The enamel is wrinkled and the base of the crowns are hollow.
References
External links * ''Pliogonodon'' in the Paleobiology Database