sentences:  Richard Owen erected the genus "Plesiosuchus" for "S. manselii" in 1884 as he considered it to be more similar morphologically to extant crocodylians than to "Steneosaurus".The generic name is derived from "plesios" (πλεσιος), "near" or "close to" in Ancient Greek, and "suchus" (συχος) which is the Latinised form of the Ancient Greek word for the crocodile god of ancient Egypt.The specific name, "manselii", honors it discoverer, John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell.