Nannosuchus

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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull and close-up of teeth of holotype BMNH 48217
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Family:	†Goniopholididae
Genus:	†Nannosuchus Salisbury, 2002
Type species
†Goniopholis gracilidens Owen, 1879

N. sp. fossil