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Lemmysuchus
Discussion
‘Lemmy’s crocodile’. Lemmy referring to Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as ‘Lemmy’, the deceased founder, bassist and lead singer of Motorhead, and suchus is the Latinized form of the Greek soukhos (σοῦχος), meaning crocodile. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:83D7C69A-4009-478E- 8D6E-A05F39E190D1
Taxonomy
Lemmysuchus was named by Johnson et al. (2018). Its type is Steneosaurus obtusidens.
It was assigned to Machimosaurini by Johnson et al. (2018), Young et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Machimosaurini by Johnson et al. (2018), Young et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Lemmysuchus Johnson et al. fig. 1–21 |
| 2024 | Lemmysuchus Young et al. p. 596 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. M. Johnson et al. 2018 | Teleosaurid crocodylomorph with the following unique combination of characters [proposed autapomorphic characters are indicated by an asterisk (*)]: the rostrum external surface is strongly convex, in particular the nasals*; partial or complete fusion of the internasal suture*; axis lacks diapophyses (shared with Steneosaurus bollensis Jaeger, 1828; see Westphal, 1962); the ilium anterior process is small and anteroposteriorly shortened*; on the ilium the acetabulum is shallow and poorly developed*; shallow supraacetabular crest on the ilium*; the dorsal osteoderm ornamentation is composed of small-to-large, irregularly shaped pits that radiate from the centre of the keel and are arranged in a starburst pattern (to a certain extent similar to M. mosae; Hua, 1999; Young et al., 2014a)*. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Neocomian or 165.30000 to 125.77000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Callovian | France (Calvados) | Steneosaurus obtusidens (154956) | |
| Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Steneosaurus obtusidens (109800) | |
| Oxfordian | United Kingdom (Dorset) | Steneosaurus obtusidens (224072) | |
| Neocomian | Spain (Valenciana) | Steneosaurus obtusidens (159585) |