In Depth Gasparinisuchus is a genus of peirosaurid notosuchian that is known to have lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Care should be taken not to confuse Gasparinisuchus with the similarly named Gasparinisaura. Further Reading – A new peirosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: Implications for specimens referred to Peirosaurus torminni Price … Read more
In Depth Clovesuurdameredeor is a genus of thalattosuchian (sea crocodile) that lived in European seas during the mid Jurassic. Clovesuurdameredeor is also another genus established after a major revision of the Steneosaurus genus that took place in 2020. Further reading - Gharial skull from the Cornbrash of Closworth. - Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History … Read more
In Depth Although Acherontisuchus was named upon the basis of four specimens, there is the possibility that these remains may be all from the same individual. Acherontisuchus were dyrosaurid crocodiles that inhabited the rivers and water systems of Colombia. Acherontisuchus grew quite a bit bigger than other dyrosaurid crocodiles, and although long-snouted, also differed by … Read more
In Depth There are a great number of known thalattosuchian (a.k.a. sea crocodiles) genera known to us, and amongst these it is the species of the Machimosaurus genus that are amongst the largest known to us. The largest skulls of Machimosaurus have been confirmed to be over one and a half meters in length, … Read more
In Depth Anteophthalmosuchus fossils were originally attributed to Goniopholis crassidens, another genus of prehistoric crocodile from across Europe and Asia. A new study over a century later however found the fossils to actually belong to a distinct genus of crocodile rather than the type species of Goniopholis. Anteophthalmosuchus was chosen as the name of the … Read more
In Depth Further Reading - Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. - Nature Communications 4(1907):1-9. - T. M. Scheyer, O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. S�nchez, J. D. Carrillo-Brice�o, L. Quiroz & M. R. S�nchez-Villagra - 2013.
In Depth It is becoming increasingly clear that the dinosaurs were not the only large reptiles that were around in the Mesozoic, and the discovery of the partial skull of Aegisuchus is a further example of this. Although incomplete, the partial remains are from a huge skull, but at the time of writing it is … Read more
In Depth Kyasuchus is a genus of protosuchian crocodile that lived in Russia during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - [First discovery of a fossil crocodile skull in Siberia], by M. B. Efimov & S. V. Leshchinskiy. In, Materialy regionalanoj konferencii geologov Sibiri, Dalshchnego Vostoka i Severo� ’Vostoka Rossii, A.V. Komarov (ed). Gala Press. - … Read more
In Depth Cerrejonisuchus is a genus of drysosaurid crocodile that is only represented by partial remains. These remains reveal however that Cerrejonisuchus had one of the shortest snouts of all of the known dryosaurids as well as the shortest body. Hailing from the Cerrej�n Formation, Cerrejonisuchus was probably a predator of fish and possible small … Read more
In Depth Neptunidraco is a genus of medium sized metriorhynchid crocodile that has a noted similarity to the genus Geosaurus. Like with other metriorhynchid crocodiles, Neptunidraco was adapted for a life living and hunting at sea where it was a predator of fish as well as probably other smaller reptilian marine organisms. Further Reading - … Read more