Genus: Eosphorosuchus MARGUILIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026
Etymology: Eosphoros, one of two Greek gods representing the planet Venus and the counterpart of Hesperos. As Eosphoros was the 'dawn-bring', this name highlights both the dawing of crocodylmorph ecological civersity and the close historic association of this speicme with the genus Hesperosuchus, and Greek, souchos, "crocodile" .

Species: lacrimosa MARGUILIS-OHNUMA, RUEBENSTHAL, MEYER & BHULLAR, 2026
Etymology: The specific epithet lacrimosa refers to the distinctive lacrimal region.

Holotype YPM VP 41198

Locality: Ghost Ranch, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

Horizon: Rock Point Member, Chinle Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Rhaetian Stage, Latest Late Triassic Epoch, Late Traissic.

Material: Anterior skull (rostrum, orbital bones, partial skull roof, nearly complete palate) adn posterior left mandibular ramus, 1 cervical vertebra 87,8, or 9), both pubes, left hindlimb (femur, tibia, fibula, astagalus, calcaneum, fourth distal tarsal, metatarsal II-V, one phalanx), and 3 disarticulated osteoderms.