Mystriosaurus
| Mystriosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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| Assigned specimen (holotype of the junior synonym Steneosaurus brevior) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Mystriosaurus Kaup, 1834 |
| Species: | †M. laurillardi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mystriosaurus laurillardi Kaup, 1834
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| Synonyms | |
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†"Steneosaurus" brevior Blake, 1876
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Mystriosaurus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian). Fossil specimens have been found in England and Germany. The only known species, M. laurillardi, exceeded 4 metres (13 ft) in length.[1]
A 2019 phylogenetic analysis found Mystriosaurus to be distinct from Steneosaurus.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Sachs_Mystiosaurus". Sachs. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Sachs, S.; Johnson, M.M.; Young, M.T.; Abel, P. (2019). "The mystery of Mystriosaurus: Redescribing the poorly known Early Jurassic teleosauroid thalattosuchians Mystriosaurus laurillardi and Steneosaurus brevior" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64 (3): 565–579. doi:10.4202/app.00557.2018.
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