Charitomenosuchus Explained

Charitomenosuchus (meaning "graceful crocodile") is an extinct genus of machimosaurid teleosauroid from the Callovian Oxford Clay Formation of England.[1] The type species, C. leedsi, was originally named "Steneosaurus" leedsi by Andrews in 1909 on the basis of three specimens.[2] In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen ex dissertationae Charitomenosuchus for S. leedsi.[3] The genus name was published in 2020.

Notes and References

  1. Johnson . Michela M. . Young . Mark T. . Brusatte . Stephen L. . The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution . PeerJ . 2020 . 8 . e9808 . 10.7717/peerj.9808. 33083104 . 7548081 . free .
  2. C. W. Andrews. 1909. On some new steneosaurs from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3:299-308
  3. The taxonomy, systematics and ecomorphological diversity of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), and the evaluation of the genus 'Steneosaurus'. Archives of the University of Edinburgh. English. 2019. Johnson. Michela Maria Angeline.

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