Ceratosuchops

Se-rat-o-su-kopz.

By Lilah Turner

Published on April 14, 2016

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Name

Ceratosuchops ‭(‬Horned crocodile face‭)‬.

Phonetic

Se-rat-o-su-kopz.

Named By

Chris T.‭ ‬Barker,‭ ‬David W.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Hone,‭ ‬Darren Naish,‭ ‬Andrea Cau,‭ ‬Jeremy A.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Lockwood,‭ ‬Brian Foster,‭ ‬Claire E.‭ ‬Clarkin,‭ ‬Philipp Schneider,‭ & ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Spinosauridae,‭ ‬Baryonychinae.

Diet

Piscivore/Carnivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬inferodios‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of remains but roughly estimated at the time of the description as being‭ ‬8.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

United Kingdom,‭ ‬England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wessex Formation.

Time Period

Barremian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull bones‭ ‬including premaxilla,‭ ‬braincase,‭ ‬and right post orbital.

In Depth

Ceratosuchops is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in the British Isles during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Ceratosuchops was named alongside another spinosaurid dinosaur from Britain called Riparovenator.

Further reading

-‭ ‬New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation‭ (‬Early Cretaceous,‭ ‬UK‭) ‬and the European origins of Spinosauridae.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬11‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬19340‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chris T.‭ ‬Barker,‭ ‬David W.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Hone,‭ ‬Darren Naish,‭ ‬Andrea Cau,‭ ‬Jeremy A.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Lockwood,‭ ‬Brian Foster,‭ ‬Claire E.‭ ‬Clarkin,‭ ‬Philipp Schneider,‭ & ‬Neil J.‭ ‬Gostling‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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