Genus: Elosuchus BROIN, 2002
Etymology: Greek, Elos, ‘swamp’, and Greek, sauros, ‘lizard’: Swamp lizard.

Species: cherifiensis (LAVOCOT, 1955) BROIN, 2002
Etymology:
= Thoracosaurus cherifiensis LAVOCOT, 1955

Lectotype: MNHN MRS 340-25

Locality: At the bottom of the northern side of the ‘Gara Sba’ (or southwestern ‘Signal Chute’), Kem Kem, Morocco.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Albian-Lowermost Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic subepoch, Lowest Gulf Epoch, Late Early to Early Middle Cretaceous.

Material: Basioccipital with exoccipital, baisphenoid and pterygoid small parts.

Syntype (Lectotype, paralectotype) MNHN MRS 340-12, 340-32, 340-30, 340-25, 340-1, 340-7, 340-2: 59 pieces collected together on a restricted area, most of which probably belong to the same individual, with 3 undetermined fragments.

Referred material:

Locality: North to south Guir, Kem Kem, Morocco.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Albian-Lowermost Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic subepoch, Lowest Gulf Epoch, Late Early to Early Middle Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

Locality: Gara Samani, Algeria.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Albian-Lowermost Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic subepoch, Lowest Gulf Epoch, Late Early to Early Middle Cretaceous.

Material:

MNHN SAM : Several hundreds of fragments of skull.

SAM 129: Complete skull, without premaxillaries, dentaries, teeth, osteoderms and amphicoelous vertebrae.

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Species: felixi BROIN, 2002
Etymology: In honor of Albert-Felix de Lapparent, who discovered the locality and fossils.

Holotype: MNHN INA 25

Locality: In Abangharit, Tamesna, Niger.

Horizon: Late part of the upper ‘Continental intercalaire’ of Sahara, upper level.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Albian-Lowermost Cenomanian Stage, Upper Gallic subepoch, Lowest Gulf Epoch, Late Early to Early Middle Cretaceous.

Material: Left dentary and partial splenials.

Paratypes:

MNHN INA 30: Premaxillaries with nasal part.

MNHN INA 12: 11 fragments of lower jaw including a right dentary-partial left and corresponding splenial part.

MNHN INA 41, 40, 38: Fragments of rostrum, teeth, amphicoelous vertebrae including a partial cervical and dorsal column, dorsal and ventral osteoderms.