Steneosaurus heberti Morel de Glasville 1876 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae

Alternative combination: Proexochokefalos heberti

Synonyms: Steneosaurus depressus Phizackerley 1951, Steneosaurus meretrix Phizackerley 1951

Belongs to Steneosaurus according to S. Hua et al. 2021

See also Adams-Tresman 1987, Bronzati et al. 2012, Buffetaut and Thierry 1977, Johnson et al. 2020 and Pierce et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Machimosaurus bathonicus, Machimosaurus rigauxi, Steneosaurus aalensis, Steneosaurus atelestatus, Steneosaurus blumembachi, Steneosaurus brevidens, Steneosaurus brevirostris, Steneosaurus dasycephalus, Steneosaurus durobrivensis, Steneosaurus lyceense, Steneosaurus megarhinus, Steneosaurus oplites, Steneosaurus pictaviensis, Steneosaurus priscus, Steneosaurus roissyi, Steneosaurus rostromajor, Steneosaurus rostrominor, Steneosaurus rudis, Steneosaurus temporalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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