Ogresuchus furatus was a small crocodyliform that lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 66 million years ago, in what is now Catalonia, Spain.
It was originally classified as a sebecid, which would have made it the earliest known member of that family, but a more recent analysis suggests it was probably instead an atoposaurid.
Around 1m long (~3’3″), it was a lightly-built generalist predator that would have fed on invertebrates and small vertebrates — possibly even including sauropod hatchlings, since its fossil remains were discovered in a titanosaur nesting site.
References:
- Pochat‐Cottilloux, Yohan. “A review of the non‐semiaquatic adaptations of extinct crocodylomorphs throughout their fossil record.” The Anatomical Record 308.2 (2025): 266-314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25586
- Sellés, Albert G., et al. “A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids.” Scientific Reports 10.1 (2020): 15293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71975-y
- Szegszárdi, Máté, Attila Ősi, and Márton Rabi. “Cretaceous crocodyliform reconciles conflicting evidence on the Mesozoic paleogeography of Europe during the Gondwana-Laurasia split.” Scientific Reports 16.1 (2026): 2842. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-28504-6
- Wikipedia contributors. “Ogresuchus” Wikipedia, 01 May 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogresuchus