Ceratosuchops

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.
Species: C.‭ ‬inferodios‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore.
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.

       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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