Split image showing an artistic reconstruction of an ancient crocodile-like reptile with green eyes and textured scales on the left, and a photo of a small fossil skull fragment resting in a person’s hand on the right.

Happy #FossilFriday! Meet #Thikarisuchus xenodentes (#MOR11969)! The skull of this small #Cretaceous #crocodyliform fits in the palm of your hand. Thikarisuchus was named this week in a Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology paper by #MontanaStateUniversity alumnus Harrison Allen and colleagues.