Name:
Leiokarinosuchus (smooth-headed crocodile).
Phonetic: Ly-o-ka-rin-o-su-kus.
Named By: S. W. Salisbury &
D. Naish - 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia, Metasuchia, Neosuchia.
Species: L. brookensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England - Wessex Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Posterior half of the skull,
cervical (neck) vertebrae and some osteoderms.
Leiokarinosuchus is a genus of crocodile that lived in England during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Crocodilians. - English Wealden fossils 305-369. - S.
W. Salisbury & D. Naish - 2011.