Ceratosuchops Barker et al. 2021 (tetanuran theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Spinosauridae

Full reference: C. T. Barker, D. W. E. Hone, D. Naish, A. Cau, J. A. F. Lockwood, B. Foster, C. E. Clarkin, P. Schneider, and N. J. Gostling. 2021. New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae. Scientific Reports 11:19340:1-16

Parent taxon: Ceratosuchopsini according to C. T. Barker et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Riparovenator, Suchomimus

Subtaxa: Ceratosuchops inferodios

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chilton Chine foreshore, near Brighstone (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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