Andrianavoay
Name:
Andrianavoay
(noble crocodile).
Phonetic: An-dre-an-vo-ay.
Named By: Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young
& Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Thalattosuchia, Machimosauridae, Machimosaurinae.
Species: A. baroni (type).
Diet: Piscivore/carnivore?
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Madagascar - Kandreho Formation.
Time period: Bathonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and osteoderm.
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 common
term for such a creature is a sea crocodile. Andrianavoay
would have
spent much of its life swimming and hunting in the Jurassic oceans,
probably hunting for other aquatic creatures.
Further reading
- On the discovery of a secondary reptile in Madagascar:
Steneosaurus baroni; (n sp.). with a
reference to some
post-Tertiary vertebrate remains from the same country recently
acquired by the British Museum (Natural History). - Geological
Magazine 10: 193-198. - R. Newton - 1893.
- The taxonomy, systematics and ecomorphological diversity of
Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), and the
evaluation of the genus 'Steneosaurus'. -
Archives of the
University of Edinburgh - Michela M. Johnson - 2019.
- The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha,
Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution.
- PeerJ - Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young &
Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020.
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