THALATTOSUCHUS GEN. NOV.

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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).