Editorial Reviews - Crocodiles From the Publisher Chapters: Crocodile, Nile Crocodile, Crocodilia, Saltwater Crocodile, American Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Crocodile Attack, Crocodile Attacks in Australia, Prodiplocynodon, Euthecodon, Dwarf Crocodile, Mugger Crocodile, Akanthosuchus, Freshwater Crocodile, Spectacled Caiman, Philippine Crocodile, Crocodile Exoskeleton, False Gharial, Orinoco Crocodile, Black Caiman, Siamese Crocodile, Aktiogavialis, Cuban Crocodile, Crocodilopolis, Crocodyliformes, Slender-Snouted Crocodile, Alligator Farm, Gustave, Mesoeucrocodylia, Yacare Caiman, Mesosuchia, Meridiosaurus, Gavialidae, Rhamphosuchus, New Guinea Crocodile, Bottosaurus, Crocodylus, Iharkutosuchus, Broad-Snouted Caiman, Atoposauridae, Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Planocrania, Smooth-Fronted Caiman, Baryphracta, Thoracosaurus, Massaliasuchus, Eusuchia, Aldabrachampsus, Aegyptosuchus, Alligatorellus, Diplocynodon. Excerpt: Aegyptosuchus ("Egyptian crocodile") is a extinct eusuchian genus of the family Aegyptosuchidae . This taxon was coined by Kuhn (1936) as a monotypic family-level taxon redundant with the Cretaceous genus Aegyptosuchus . Carroll (1988) classified the genus in the family Stomatosuchidae . Only one species is descript, Aegyptosuchus peyeri .References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Akanthosuchus (meaning "spine crocodile," in reference to its armor) is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian , possibly an alligatorine . Its fossils are found in the Paleocene -age Nacimiento Formation of the San Juan Basin , New Mexico , USA . It is known from a partial skeleton and isolated bony armor . Its armor was distinctive, with spike-shaped and blade-shaped pieces, and it is the only known crocodilian with a combination of both.History and description Akanthosuchus is based on NMMNH NP-139, a partial ske... Synopsis Chapters: Crocodile, Nile Crocodile, Crocodilia, Saltwater Crocodile, American Crocodile, Morelet's