Deslongchampsina
Deslongchampsina is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of England and France. The type and only known species is D. larteti, which was variously referred to Teleosaurus and the wastebasket taxon Steneosaurus before its distinction was formally recognised in 2019. Its snout was not as elongated as some other teleosaurids (mesorostrine), and the shape of its jaws and teeth suggest that it was a generalist predator, unlike the more powerful contemporary machimosaurin Yvridiosuchus.[1]
| Deslongchampsina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Deslongchampsina Johnson et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †D. larteti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Deslongchampsina larteti (Eudes-Deslongchamp, 1866) | |
References
- Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2019). "Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz037. hdl:1842/36656.
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