In Depth Originally described as a species of Steneosaurus, Plagiophthalmosuchus was a genus of marine crocodile that lived in the waters of Europe during the Jurassic. Further reading - The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution. - PeerJ. 8: e9808. - Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young & Stephen … Read more
In Depth Originally named as a species of Steneosaurus, S. obtusidens was renamed as a distinct genus in 2017. The describers created the name Lemmysuchus which means ‘Lemmy’s crocodile’. This was in honour of Ian Fraser Kilmister, the lead singer and founder of the band Mot�rhead, who everyone knew as Lemmy. Lemmysuchus was a thalattosuchian, … Read more
In Depth Proexochokefalos is a genus of marine crocodile that lived in European waters during the Jurassic. Further Reading - The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution. - PeerJ. 8: e9808. - Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young & Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020
In Depth Seldsienean is a genus of thalattosuchian that lived in European waters during the mid Jurassic. Seldsienean was originally named as a species of Steneosaurus, but was moved into its own genus as a result of a massive revision to the Steneosaurus genus. Further Reading - The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications … Read more
In Depth Originally named as a species of Steneosaurus, S. baroni was found to represent a distinct genus in a university thesis written by Michela M. Johnson in 2019. The following year a new genus description was published for S. baroni, and thus the Andrianavoay genus was established. Andrianavoay was a thalattosuchian, but a more … Read more
In Depth Neosteneosaurus is a genus of thalattosuchian that lived in the waters of Europe during the mid Jurassic. The establishment of the Neosteneosaurus genus was born out of a major review of the old Steneosaurus genus which for a long time was treated as a wastebasket formed fossils that had a basic superficial likeness … Read more