Steneosaurus Saint-Hilaire 1825 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae

Synonyms: Glaphyrorhynchus Meyer 1842, Leptocranius Bronn 1837, Sericodon Meyer 1845

Parent taxon: Teleosauridae according to M. M. Johnson et al. 2015

See also Andrews 1913, Araujo et al. 2008, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, d'Orbigny 1849, Delair 1958, Gasparini et al. 2006, Jouve et al. 2006, Karl et al. 2006, Karl et al. 2008, Larsson and Sues 2007, Meyer 1845, Moon 2019, Mueller-Töwe 2005, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Owen 1842, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Phizackerley 1951, Pierce et al. 2009, Walkden et al. 1987, Young 2013 and Zaher et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Crocodilaemus, Haematosaurus, Indosinosuchus, Megalosaurus mersensis, Mycterosuchus, Platysuchus, Teleosaurinae, Teleosaurus

Subtaxa: Machimosaurus bathonicus Machimosaurus rigauxi Steneosaurus aalensis Steneosaurus atelestatus Steneosaurus blumembachi Steneosaurus brevidens Steneosaurus brevirostris Steneosaurus dasycephalus Steneosaurus durobrivensis Steneosaurus heberti Steneosaurus lyceense Steneosaurus megarhinus Steneosaurus oplites Steneosaurus pictaviensis Steneosaurus priscus Steneosaurus roissyi Steneosaurus rostromajor Steneosaurus rostrominor Steneosaurus rudis Steneosaurus temporalis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Tunisia (1 collection)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2)

• Jurassic of France (30), Germany (4), Madagascar (1), Morocco (9), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (16)

Total: 66 collections including 77 occurrences

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