Leiokarinosuchus

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.

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