Ieldraan

Ieldraan is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform in the family Metriorhynchidae from the Jurassic (Callovian) period of England. The sole species in the genus is Ieldraan melkshanensis.[1]

Ieldraan
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, Callovian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Family: Metriorhynchidae
Subtribe: Geosaurina
Genus: Ieldraan
Foffa et al., 2017
Species:
I. melkshanensis
Binomial name
Ieldraan melkshanensis
Foffa et al., 2017

References

  1. Foffa, D.; Young, M.T.; Brusatte, S.L.; Graham, M.R.; Steel, L. (2017). "A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (13): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1367730. S2CID 135234906.


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