Mycterosuchus Explained

Mycterosuchus should not be confused with Mycterosaurus.

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]

Taxonomy

The name Mycterosuchus was coined for Steneosaurus nasutus by Andrews in 1913 in his catalogue of thalattosuchians from the Oxford Clay of southern England.^[2] The genus name is derived from the Latin word for nose (mycto) and the Greek word for crocodile, together meaning .^[3] Mycterosuchus nasutus was synonymized with Steneosaurus leedsi by Adams-Tresmand in 1987, but is recovered as a distinct species in the cladistic analysis of Osi et al. of 2018.^{[1] [4]}

See also

• List of marine reptiles

Notes and References

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
2. Andrews CW. 1913. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford Clay, Part Two. London: British Museum (Natural History), 206 pp.
3. Johnson. M.M.. Young. M.T.. Brusatte. S.L.. 2020. The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution. PeerJ. 8. e9808. 10.7717/peerj.9808. free . 33083104 . 7548081 .
4. S. M. Adams-Tresman. 1987. The Callovian (Middle Jurassic) teleosaurid marine crocodiles from central England. Palaeontology 30(1):195-206