Mycterosuchus

Not to be confused with Mycterosaurus.

Mycterosuchus
Temporal range: Callovian, 167–162 Ma
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Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: †Thalattosuchia
Family: †Teleosauridae
Subfamily: †Aeolodontinae
Genus: †Mycterosuchus
Andrews, 1913
Species
  • †M. nasutus Andrews, 1909 (type)

Mycterosuchus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of England. Although previously synonymized with Steneosaurus, recent cladistic analysis considers it distantly related to the Steneosaurus type species.[1]

  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