 In 1827 Mantell described additional teeth, pointing out the similarities to the crocodilians "Teleosaurus" and "Gavialis".One of these teeth is the present specimen BMNH R4415, others are part of BMNH R36536.In 1841, British palaeontologist Richard Owen named, based on BMNH R36536 as a syntype series, a subgenus "Crocodylus (Suchosaurus)" with as type species "Crocodylus (Suchosaurus) cultridens".