Nannosuchus gracilidens Owen 1879 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Loricata - Goniopholididae

Alternative combination: Goniopholis gracilidens

Belongs to Nannosuchus according to J. E. Martin et al. 2016

See also Andrade et al. 2011, Delair 1958, Joffe 1967 and Salisbury 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK 48217, a skull (Skull and partial mandible). Its type locality is Beccles' residuary Feather Bed marls, which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian terrestrial marl in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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