Ceratosuchops

horned crocodile face

• ceratos · Greek · horned (from keras, horn)
• suchos · Greek · crocodile
• ops · Greek · face

The name means "horned crocodile face". It refers to the low horn-like bosses (bumps) above the eyes on the skull and to the long, crocodile-like snout typical of spinosaurid dinosaurs. The only known species is Ceratosuchops inferodios.

Named by

Barker et al.

Year named

2021

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Barremian

Found in

Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight, England, UK

A spinosaurid theropod (Baryonychinae) closely related to Baryonyx and Riparovenator, which was named in the same paper. Accepted, valid genus.