Clovesuurdameredeor

Name: Clovesuurdameredeor ‭(‬sea creature of Closworth‭)‬.
Phonetic: Clo-ves-u-ur-dam-e-re-de-or.
Named By: Michela M.‭ ‬Johnson,‭ ‬Mark T.‭ ‬Young‭ & ‬Stephen L.‭ ‬Brusatte.‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.
Synonyms: Steneosaurus stephani.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Crocodyliformes,‭ ‬Metasuchia,‭ ‬Thalattosuchia,‭ ‬Machimosauridae.
Species: C.‭ ‬stephani‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cornbrash Formation.
Time period: Middle Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Clovesuurdameredeor is a genus of thalattosuchian‭ (‬sea crocodile‭) ‬that lived in European seas during the mid Jurassic.‭ ‬Clovesuurdameredeor is also another genus established after a major revision of the Steneosaurus genus that took place in‭ ‬2020.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Gharial skull from the Cornbrash of Closworth.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club,‭ ‬1877,‭ ‬p.‭ ‬29.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Hulke‭ ‬-‭ ‬1877.
-‭ ‬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.

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