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Bathysuchus megarhinus
Taxonomy
Teleosaurus megarhinus was named by Hulke (1871). Its type specimen is BMNH 43086, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kimmeridge Bay, Mansel collection, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine mudstone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Steneosaurus megarhinus by Bronzati et al. (2012) and Young and Steel (2013); it was recombined as Bathysuchus megarhinus by Foffa et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Steneosaurus megarhinus by Bronzati et al. (2012) and Young and Steel (2013); it was recombined as Bathysuchus megarhinus by Foffa et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke p. xviii |
| 1958 | Teleosaurus megarhinus Delair p. 57 |
| 2012 | Steneosaurus megarhinus Bronzati et al. |
| 2013 | Steneosaurus megarhinus Young and Steel |
| 2019 | Bathysuchus megarhinus Foffa et al. |
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†Bathysuchus megarhinus Hulke 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available