Nannosuchus
Nannosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Skull and close-up of teeth of holotype BMNH 48217 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Family: | †Goniopholididae |
Genus: | †Nannosuchus Owen, 1879 |
Type species | |
†Nannosuchus gracilidens Owen, 1879 |
Nannosuchus (meaning "dwarf crocodile") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Berriasian of England.[1]
References
- ↑ Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Richard Edmonds, Michael J. Benton and Remmert Schouten (2011). "A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (s1): S66–S108. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00709.x.
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