The type species of Anatosuchus is A. minor, in reference to its small body size.
The holotype material (MNN GDF603), is a nearly complete skull with articulated lower jaws, belonging to a juvenile.
It was discovered from the upper portion of the Elrhaz Formation and lower portion of Echkar Formation, indicating an Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian or Early Albian) age.
Another specimen was found later (MNN GAD17) belonging to an adult, which had both the skull and much of the postcranial skeleton.
Differences in the skull indicate that the unusual broad, flattened shape developed as the animal grew older.
The type species of Anatosuchus is A. minor, in reference to its small body size. The holotype material (MNN GDF603), is a nearly complete skull with articulated lower jaws, belonging to a juvenile. It was discovered from the upper portion of the Elrhaz Formation and lower portion of Echkar Formation, indicating an Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian or Early Albian) age. Another specimen was found later (MNN GAD17) belonging to an adult, which had both the skull and much of the postcranial skeleton. Differences in the skull indicate that the unusual broad, flattened shape developed as the animal grew older.
Anatosuchus