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Neosteneosaurus edwardsi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Steneosaurus edwardsi was named by Eudes-Deslongchamps (1867). Its type specimen is MNHN.F RJN 118, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Falaises des Vaches Noires, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine horizon in the Marnes de Dives Formation of France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Steneosaurus durobrivensis by Adams-Tresman (1987); it was recombined as Neosteneosaurus edwardsi by Johnson et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Steneosaurus edwardsi Eudes-Deslongchamps
2008Steneosaurus edwardsi Araujo et al. p. 21 fig. 3
2012Steneosaurus edwardsi Bronzati et al.
2015Steneosaurus edwardsi Johnson et al.
2020Neosteneosaurus edwardsi Johnson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyTeleosauroideaSaint-Hilaire 1831
genusNeosteneosaurus
speciesedwardsi(Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867)

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.

†Neosteneosaurus edwardsi Eudes-Deslongchamps 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Steneosaurus edwardsi (119668)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus edwardsi (109800 142299)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8France (Calvados) Steneosaurus edwardsi (type locality: 172677)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1France (Vienne) Steneosaurus edwardsi (154224)