elosuchus cherifiensis (skull)

Name: elosuchus cherifiensis

Stage: Cenomanian, Cretaceous

Origin: begaa, taouz, kemkem, morocco

large complete crocodile skull, very rare for this site

Size: 60 x 23cm

Elosuchus had an elongated snout like a gharial and was probably an entirely aquatic animal. The type species, E. cherifiensis from Algeria and Morocco, was originally described as a species of Thoracosaurus by Lavocat, but was recognized as a separate genus from Thoracosaurus by de Broin in 2002. Elosuchus felixi, described from the Echkar Formation of Le Niger, renamed Fortignathus in 2016, is either a related dyrosaurid or a non-hyposaurine dyrosaurid.