Nannosuchus
| Nannosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Skull and close-up of teeth of holotype BMNH 48217 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Goniopholididae |
| Genus: | †Nannosuchus Owen, 1879 |
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| †Nannosuchus gracilidens Owen, 1879
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Nannosuchus (meaning "dwarf crocodile") is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Berriasian Middle Purbeck Formation of England that was originally named as a species of Goniopholis.[1][2] The type species, N. gracilidens, is based on the holotype BMNH 48217, scattered fragmentary remains that include parts of the skull and various other postcranial elements named in 1879.[3]
References[]
- ^ Marco Brandalise de Andrade; Richard Edmonds; Michael J. Benton; 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.
- ^ Owen, R. (1878). "Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations". Palæontographical Society. 31: 1-19.
- ^ Owen, R. (1879). "On the Association of Dwarf Crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus, e.g.) with the Diminutive Mammals of the Purbeck Shales". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 35 (1–4): 148-155. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.02. S2CID 129650812.
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