Mycterosuchus

Mycterosuchus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of England. Although previously synonymized with Steneosaurus, recent cladistic analysis considers it distantly related to the Steneosaurus type species.[1]

Not to be confused with Mycterosaurus.

Mycterosuchus
Temporal range: Callovian, 167–162 Ma
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Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Suborder: †Thalattosuchia
Family: †Teleosauridae
Subfamily: †Aeolodontinae
Genus: †Mycterosuchus
Andrews, 1913
Species
  • †M. nasutus Andrews, 1909 (type)

Taxonomy
Holotype elements

The name Mycterosuchus was coined for Steneosaurus nasutus by Andrews in 1913 in his catalogue of thalattosuchians from the Oxford Clay of southern England.[2] Mycterosuchus nasutus was synonymized with Steneosaurus leedsi by Adams-Tresmand in 1987, but is recovered as a distinct species in the cladistic analysis of Osi et al. of 2018.[1][3]

See also

References
  1. Ősi A, Young MT, Galácz A, Rabi M. (2018) A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea. PeerJ 6:e4668 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4668
  2. Andrews CW. 1913. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part Two. London: British Museum (Natural History), 206 pp.
  3. S. M. Adams-Tresman. 1987. The Callovian (Midde Jurassic) teleosaurid marine crocodiles from central England. Palaeontology 30(1):195-206
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