Enaliosuchus

Enaliosuchus; Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Restoration of E. macrospondylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Archosauromorpha
(unranked):	Mesoeucrocodylia
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Metriorhynchidae
Genus:	†Enaliosuchus; Koken, 1883
Species
	†E. macrospondylus Koken, 1883(type); †E. schroederi? Kuhn, 1936;
Synonyms
	Cricosaurus macrospondylus? (Kuhn, 1883); Cricosaurus schroederi? (Kuhn, 1936);

Enaliosuchus is a

crocodyliform within the family Metriorhynchidae that lived during the Valanginian stage of the Early Cretaceous. It is known from fossil remains found in France and Germany and it was first described in 1883,.^[1] The name Enaliosuchus means "Marine crocodile", and is derived from the Greek Enalios- ("marine") and -suchos ("crocodile").^[1] Two species are known: the type species E. macrospondylus, described in 1883,^[1] and the second species E. schroederi, described in 1936,^[2] which was likely the same animal as E. macrospondylus.^[3]

Ribs and vertebrae

from several extinct reptiles: Enaliosuchus is H

Description

Enaliosuchus was a

ichthyosaurs which are known to give birth to live young out at sea. Where Enaliosuchus mated, whether on land or at sea, is currently unknown.^[4]

Species

The species within Enaliosuchus include :

E. macrospondylus: type species from France and Germany of the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian).^[1]
E. schroederi: from Germany of the Early Cretaceous Valanginian.^[2] (likely a junior synonym of E. macrospondylus ^[4]).

Recent

conspecific to E. macrospondylus.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Koken E. (1883). Die reptilian der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 35: 735-827.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kuhn, O. (1936). Crocodilia. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 75. Gracenhage: Junk, 114pp.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Hua, S., Vignaud, P., Atrops, F. & Clément, A. (2000). Enaliosuchus macrospondylus Koken, 1883 (Crocodylia, Metriorhynchidae) du Valanginien de Barret-le-Bas (Hautes Alpes, France): un cas unique de remontée des narines externes parmi les crocodiliens. Geobios 33: 467-474.
^ ^a ^b Young M. T. (2007). The evolution and interrelationships of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3): 170A.
^ Wilkinson L. E, Young M. T, Benton M. J. (2008). A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. Palaeontology 51 (6): 1307-1333.

[Koken,_1883-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Koken E. (1883). Die reptilian der norddeutschen unteren Kreide. Zeitschrift deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 35: 735-827.

[Kuhn,_1936-2] "Kuhn, O. (1936). Crocodilia. Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 75. Gracenhage: Junk, 114pp.

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S2CID 218996914
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[Hua_''et_al.'',_2000-4] Hua, S., Vignaud, P., Atrops, F. & Clément, A. (2000). Enaliosuchus macrospondylus Koken, 1883 (Crocodylia, Metriorhynchidae) du Valanginien de Barret-le-Bas (Hautes Alpes, France): un cas unique de remontée des narines externes parmi les crocodiliens. Geobios 33: 467-474.

[Young,_2007-5] Young M. T. (2007). The evolution and interrelationships of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (3): 170A.

[Wilkinson_et_al.,_2008-6] Wilkinson L. E, Young M. T, Benton M. J. (2008). A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. Palaeontology 51 (6): 1307-1333.

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