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 described in 1879.[3]

Nannosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian
Skull and close-up of teeth of holotype BMNH 48217
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Goniopholididae
Genus: Nannosuchus
Salisbury, 2002
Type species
Goniopholis gracilidens
Owen, 1879
N. sp. fossil

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Owen, R. (1878). "Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations". Palæontographical Society. 31: 1-19.
  3. ^ Owen, R. (1879). "On the Association of Dwarf Crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus, e.g.) with the Diminutive Mammals of the Purbeck Shales" (PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 35 (1–4): 148-155. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.02. S2CID 129650812.