Prepped by transfer method.
For about 30 years, I wasn't sure whether this juvenile crocodile was Diplocynodon darwini or Allognathosuchus haupti. Dr. Alex Hastings from the Virginia Museum of Natural History was so kind to determine it:
"It looks to me like a young Diplocynodon darwini. I say D. darwini instead of D. deponiae mostly because of the general lack of osteoderms on the tail and legs.
Allognathosuchus has more of a round snout/head, and even at this size would look more
Class: Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Family: incertae sedis
Messel Formation
Hessia
International Age: Lutetian
Date Collected: 06/01/1970
Catalog #: TFF-oilshale-Ch679