Steneosaurus lyceense Costa 1864 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata - Teleosauridae

Synonym: Streptospondylus lyceense Costa 1864 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Steneosaurus according to Costa 1864

See also Kotsakis et al. 2004 and Piras et al. 2007

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

Type specimens:

  • Steneosaurus lyceense: Lost (cast: MGGC #2-4511), a partial skull (mid-snout segment)
  • Streptospondylus lyceense:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Steneosaurus lyceense in the database

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