Cutting the Gordian knot: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Metriorhynchus
Author
Young, Mark T.
Author
Brignon, Arnaud
Author
Sachs, Sven
Author
Hornung, Jahn J.
Author
Foffa, Davide
Author
Kitson, James J. N.
Author
Johnson, Michela M.
Author
Steel, Lorna
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
2020-11-03
192
2
510
553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa092
journal article
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10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa092
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THALATTOSUCHUS
GEN. NOV
.
(
FIG. 6
)
Type
species
Crocodilus superciliosus
Blainville
in
Eudes- Deslongchamps, 1852 (following Recommendation 67B of the ICZN Code) (
nomen protectum
). Now referred to as
Thalattosuchus superciliosus
(Blainville
in
Eudes- Deslongchamps, 1852) comb. nov.
Type
by designation.
Thalattosuchus superciliosus
is a junior subjective synonym of
Steneosaurus rostrominor
Geoffroy
Saint- Hilaire, 1825 (
nomen oblitum
).
Etymology
‘Sea crocodile’, given that the species
superciliosus
is perhaps the best-known thalattosuchian, it is fitting that the genus be established for this species.
Diagnosis
Same as the only species (see below).