Dyrosaurus is a genus of extinct crocodylomorph which is an ancestor of the crocodile. Come along to Jurassic Discovery and see this jaw found in Youssoufia, Morocco displayed in our Leon Garner Fossil room!
Dyrosaurus was a long snouted Crocodile that had jaws filled with numerous, thin recurved teeth.
Scientists have identified a new species which they believe to be a distant relative of the crocodile family.
Fossils belonging to the ancient animal including part of its head, backbone and limbs were first discovered back in 2017 on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
It was named Turnersuchus hingleyae after Paul Turner and Lizzie Hingley who made the discovery and is thought to have lived in the UK during the early Jurassic period around 185 million years ago.
