Kentisuchus

Kentisuchus; Temporal range: Early Eocene, ;
	K. spenceri fossil at the Tellus Science Museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Order:	Crocodilia
Superfamily:	Gavialoidea
Genus:	†Kentisuchus; Mook, 1955
Species
	†K. astrei Jouve, 2016; †K. spenceri (Buckland, 1836) [originally Crocodylus spenceri] (type);
Synonyms
	Crocodylus spenceri Buckland, 1836;

Kentisuchus is an extinct genus of gavialoid crocodylian, traditionally regarded as a member of the subfamily Tomistominae. Fossils have been found from England and France that date back to the early Eocene. The genus has also been recorded from Ukraine, but it unclear whether specimens from Ukraine are referable to Kentisuchus.

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