Steneosaurus gracilis, Young & Brusatte & Ruta & Andrade, 2010

Young, Mark T., Brusatte, Stephen L., Ruta, Marcello & Andrade, Marco Brandalise De, 2010, The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 158 (4), pp. 801-859 : 853

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05E4FB9D-4087-4BB7-88F4-D650CDD6046C
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C3187AE-9506-FFBE-FF05-FCE6FD20FA2E
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Steneosaurus gracilis
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Treatment

CRICOSAURUS GRACILIS (PHILIPS, 1871) YOUNG & ANDRADE, 2009

1871 Steneosaurus gracilis sp. nov.; Philips

1885 Metriorhynchus gracile [sic] comb. nov.; Woodward

1986 Geosaurus sp. ; Taylor & Benton

2009 Cricosaurus gracilis comb. nov.; Young & Andrade

Holotype: OXFUM J.1431, skull encased in matrix, lacking snout.

Type locality: Shotover, Oxfordshire, England (upper Kimmeridge Clay Formation).

Etymology: ‘Gracile ring lizard’.

Geological range: Lower Tithonian (pectinatus ammonite zone).

Geographical range: Oxfordshire, England.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Crocodylia
Family	Teleosauridae
Genus	Steneosaurus

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