Baryphracta deponiae, Messel Crocodile Spinosaurus Astephus antiquus is an extinct

Astephus antiquus is an extinct for of catfish found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming

and a pointy tail

In spite of the fact that most of the prehistoric Messel area was covered by lakes

as in Homotherium

Baryphracta deponiae, Messel Crocodile Spinosaurus Astephus antiquus is an extinctThis specimen has not yet been positively identified. It doesn't appear to be a Diplocynodon and based on the following brief discussion, it has been tentatively identified as Baryphracta deponiae. Only juveniles of the species Diplocynodon and Baryphracta deponiae have been found at Messel indicating that these two species most likely lived continually or periodically in the lakes. The other six Messel species visited only occasionally or