Yvridiosuchus
Yvridiosuchus (meaning "hybrid crocodile") is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of England and France. The type and only known species is Y. boutilieri. Yvridiosuchus is the oldest member of Machimosaurini, a clade of large, predatory teleosaurids with powerful jaws and teeth. Yvridiosuchus was named on the basis that it has characteristics of both earlier teleosaurids and the derived machimosaurins, such as conical, blunt teeth. It co-existed with the more generalist teleosaurid Deslongchampsina.[1]
| Yvridiosuchus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Yvridiosuchus Johnson et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †Y. boutilieri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yvridiosuchus boutilieri (Eudes-Deslongchamp, 1868) | |
| Synonyms | |
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†Teleosaurus brevidens Philips, 1871 †"Steneosaurus" meretrix Phizackerley, 1951 | |
References
- Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2019). "Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz037. hdl:1842/36656.
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