Andrianavoay

Andrianavoay (meaning "noble crocodile" in Malagasy) is an extinct genus of teleosauroid from the Bathonian (in the Middle Jurassic) Kandreho Formation of Madagascar.[1]

Andrianavoay
Temporal range: Bathonian
~168–166 Ma
Photos of individual skull bones
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Machimosauridae
Subfamily: Machimosaurinae
Genus: Andrianavoay
Johnson et al., 2020
Species:
A. baroni
Binomial name
Andrianavoay baroni
(Newton, 1893)

The type species, A. baroni, was originally named "Steneosaurus" baroni by ET Newton in 1893 on the basis of a partial skull listed as "NHMUK PV R 1999",[2] and an associated osteoderm from Andranosamonta, Madagascar.[2] In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen (ex dissertatione) Andrianavoay for S. baroni.[3] The genus name was published in 2020.[1]

References

  1. Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808.
  2. Newton R. 1893. On the discovery of a secondary reptile in Madagascar: Steneosaurus baroni ; (n sp.). with a reference to some post-Tertiary vertebrate remains from the same country recently acquired by the British Museum (Natural History). Geological Magazine 10: 193-198
  3. Johnson, M. M. (2019). "The taxonomy, systematics and ecomorphological diversity of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), and the evaluation of the genus 'Steneosaurus'". Archives of the University of Edinburgh.
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