†Aeolodon von Meyer 1830 (marine crocodile)
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Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae
Alternative spelling: Aelodon
Synonym: Palaeosaurus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1833
Parent taxon: Aeolodontini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Carroll 1988, d'Orbigny 1849, Meyer 1845, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Pictet 1853 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathysuchus, Mycterosuchus, Sericodon
Subtaxa: Aeolodon priscus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Daiting (BMNH collection) (Jurassic of Germany)
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