Edward Drinker Cope named the genus Suchoprion in 1877 on the basis of a single species: S. cyphodon (the type), known only from weathered teeth (AMNH FR 2331A).
In 1877, Edward Drinker Cope named the genus Suchoprion based on a single species, S. cyphodon, which was identified solely by weathered teeth (AMNH FR 2331A).