Aeolodon

Aeolodon is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform reptile from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany. Although previously synonymized with Steneosaurus, recent cladistic analysis considers it distantly related to the Steneosaurus type species.[1][2]

Aeolodon
Temporal range: Tithonian, 152–150 Ma
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Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neosuchia
Suborder: †Thalattosuchia
Superfamily: †Teleosauroidea
Family: †Teleosauridae
Genus: †Aeolodon
von Meyer, 1830
Species
  • A. priscus (von Soemmering, 1815) (type)

The holotype of Aeolodon priscus was found at Daiting, Bavaria, Germany, in the same quarry that produced the Geosaurus giganteus holotype.[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. Mueller-Töwe IJ. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the Thalattosuchia. Zitteliana A45: 211–213.
  3. MARK THOMAS YOUNG, MARCO BRANDALISE DE ANDRADE; What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 157, Issue 3, 1 November 2009, Pages 551–585, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x
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