Genus: Synesuchus NOVIKOV & SHISHKIN, 2000,
Etymology: From the Bolshaya Synya River and Greek, suchos, ‘crocodile’: Bolshaya Synya river crocodile.

Species: muravyevi NOVIKOV & SHISHKIN, 2000
Etymology: In honor of the geologist Ivan Stepanovick Murav-ev.

Holotype: PIN 4466/12

Locality: Bolshaya Synya, Bolshaya Synya River Basin, in the North CisUrals, Komi Republic, European Russia.

Horizon: Nadkrasnokamen Formation, Bukobay Gorizont.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ladinian stage, upper Middle Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic.

Material: Single trunk vertebrae, 2 isolated scutes, left prefrontal and right jugal.