Proexochokefalos
Name:
Proexochokefalos
(big head with big tuberosities).
Phonetic: Pro-eks-o-cho-ke-fal-os.
Named By: Michela M. Johnson, Mark T. Young
& Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020.
Synonyms: Steneosaurus cf. bouchardi
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Thalattosuchia, Teleosauroidea.
Species: P. heberti (type),
P. cf. bouchardi.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Holotype skull roughly about 1.1 meters
long.
Known locations: France.
Time period: Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and jaws.
Proexochokefalos
is a genus of marine crocodile
that lived in European waters during the
Jurassic.
Further reading
- The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha,
Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution.
- PeerJ. 8: e9808. - Michela M. Johnson, Mark T.
Young & Stephen L. Brusatte - 2020
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