A new fossil from the Triassic period, 205 million years ago, has been identified after nearly 80 years in a museum basement in New Mexico. The newly named genus and species Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, a relative of modern crocodiles, was discovered after being discovered in 1948 in a well-known dinosaur death bed at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, and was initially identified as a specimen of Hesperosuchus agilis, a small, early relative of crocodiles and alligators. The creature's short snout and thick, reinforced skull set it apart as an entirely new species, though it lived and died at the same time and place as H. Agilis. The fossil was uncovered in a Late Triassic formation and was found with the animal's skull, bones of one of its back legs, one vertebra, and three scales preserved. This discovery is the first strong evidence of coexistence between two functionally different-looking crocodylomorphs.