†Mystriosaurus laurillardi Kaup 1837 (marine crocodile)
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Synonyms: Steneosaurus brevior Tate and Blake 1876, Teleosaurus eucephalus Seeley 1880
Belongs to Mystriosaurus according to S. Sachs et al. 2019
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Charig 1967, Pictet 1853, Pierce et al. 2009, Tate and Blake 1876, Westphal 1961 and Westphal 1962
Sister taxon: Macrospondylus bollensis
Type specimens:
- Mystriosaurus laurillardi: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Inv. V946-948, a partial skull. Its type locality is Altdorf, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in Germany.
- Steneosaurus brevior: BMNH 1478, a skull. Its type locality is Whitby, marine reptiles, which is in a Falciferum/Bifrons offshore shale in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Teleosaurus eucephalus: Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, a partial skull. Its type locality is Whitby, marine reptiles, which is in a Falciferum/Bifrons offshore shale in the Alum Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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