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, which includes the species S. cyphodon (the type specimen), based solely on weathered teeth (AMNH FR 2331A).