Ceratosuchops

Say it like this: “serr-AT-oh-SOO-kops”

Ceratosuchops inferodios

Ceratosuchops ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2021 · Barker, C. T.; Hone, D. W. E.; Naish, D.; Cau, A.; Lockwood, J. A. F.; Foster, B.; Clarkin, C. E.; Schneider, P.; Gostling, N. J.
Hip height: 2 m · 7 ft
Length: 8.5 m · 28 ft
Weight: 2 tonnes
Found in: the United Kingdom · Wessex
Food and walking: Carnivore · Two legs
Kind: sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
Family branch: Baryonychinae

The story in short

In 2021, C. T. Barker and colleagues published the name Ceratosuchops. The name means “horned crocodile face.”

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Wessex Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Ceratosuchops at a length near 8.5 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 2 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Baryonychinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Baryonyx

Baryonyx walkeri

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago

Cristatusaurus

Cristatusaurus lapparenti

Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago

Protathlitis

Protathlitis cinctorrensis

Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago