sentences:  The type species is "C. lateroculi" ("lateralis", lateral; "oculi", eyes), in reference to the laterally facing eyes.Currently, "Chenanisuchus" is the most basal known dyrosaurid.Two specimens of "C. lateroculi" – OCP DEK-GE 262 (holotype, nearly complete skull with mandibular fragments) and OCP DEK-GE 61 (nearly complete skull) – come from the Sidi Chenane area in Morocco, which is Late Palaeocene (Thanetian) in age.