Neosteneosaurus
Name:
Neosteneosaurus
(New Steneosaurus).
Phonetic: Ne-o-sten-e-o-sor-us.
Named By: Michela M.Johnson, Mark T. Young
& Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020.
Synonyms: Steneosaurus durobrivensis,
Steneosaurus hulkei.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Thalattosuchia, Machimosauridae, Machimosaurinae.
Species: N. edwardsi (type).
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: France - Marnes de Dives. UK
- Oxford Clay.
Time period: Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Neosteneosaurus
is a genus of thalattosuchian
that lived in the waters of Europe during
the mid Jurassic. The establishment of the Neosteneosaurus
genus was
born out of a major review of the old Steneosaurus
genus which for a
long time was treated as a wastebasket formed fossils that had a basic
superficial likeness to one another.
Further reading
- The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha,
Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution.
- PeerJ. 8: e9808. - Michela M.Johnson, Mark T. Young
& Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020.
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