Bathysuchus Foffa et al. 2019 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: D. Foffa, M. M. Johnson, M. T. Young, L. Steel, and S. L. Brusatte. 2019. Revision of the Late Jurassic deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and evidence of pelagic adaptations in Teleosauroidea. PeerJ 7(e6646)

Parent taxon: Teleosauroidea according to D. Foffa et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Andrianavoay, Charitomenosuchus, Clovesuurdameredeor, Deslongchampsina, Machimosauridae, Machimosaurini, Neosteneosaurus, Plagiophthalmosuchus, Seldsienean

Subtaxa: Bathysuchus megarhinus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kimmeridge Bay, Mansel collection (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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