Andrianavoay Temporal range: Bathonian
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Holotype (NHMUK PV R 1999) of A. baroni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
Family: | †Machimosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Machimosaurinae |
Genus: | †Andrianavoay Johnson et al., 2020 |
Species: | †A. baroni
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Binomial name | |
†Andrianavoay baroni (Newton, 1893)
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Andrianavoay (meaning "noble crocodile" in Malagasy) is an extinct genus of teleosauroid from the Bathonian (in the Middle Jurassic), probably from the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar.[1]
The type species, A. baroni, was originally named "Steneosaurus" baroni by ET Newton in 1893 on the basis of a partial skull listed as "NHMUK PV R 1999",[2] and an associated osteoderm from Andranosamonta, Madagascar.[2] In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen (ex dissertatione) Andrianavoay for S. baroni.[3] The genus name was published in 2020.[1]