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 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.
