Enaliosuchus

Enaliosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~
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 dubious genus of extinct marine 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,. The name Enaliosuchus means "Marine crocodile", and is derived from the Greek Enalios- ("marine") and -suchos ("crocodile"). Two species are known: the type species E. macrospondylus, described in 1883, and the second species E. schroederi, described in 1936, which was likely the same animal as E. macrospondylus.

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