NEW CROCODILES (EUSUCHIA, ALLIGATOROIDEA) FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF SOUTHERN EUROPE

The Upper Cretaceous sites of Lano and Quintanilla del Coco in norther n Spain have yielded significant crocodilian remains, allowing a more precise interpretation of the Fragmentary record of southwestern Europ e. Two new genera, Musturzabalsuchus and Acynodon, have been recognize d. Both taxa were extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Their relation ships with the alligatoroidean Eusuchia suggest a close relationship w ith Paleolaurasian groups. Musturzabalsuchus might be regarded as an e ndemic european taxa, the oldest known member of the basal Alligatoroi dea. Acynodon is the only non-North American taxon thar is related to the short snouted Upper Cretaceous alligatorids.