Clovesuurdameredeor

Clo-ves-u-ur-dam-e-re-de-or.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on September 22, 2012

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Name

Clovesuurdameredeor ‭(‬sea creature of Closworth‭)‬.

Phonetic

Clo-ves-u-ur-dam-e-re-de-or.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Crocodylomorpha,‭ ‬Crocodyliformes,‭ ‬Metasuchia,‭ ‬Thalattosuchia,‭ ‬Machimosauridae.

Diet

Piscivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬stephani

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cornbrash Formation.

Time Period

Middle Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

Clovesuurdameredeor is a genus of thalattosuchian‭ (‬sea crocodile‭) ‬that lived in European seas during the mid Jurassic.‭ ‬Clovesuurdameredeor is also another genus established after a major revision of the Steneosaurus genus that took place in‭ ‬2020.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Gharial skull from the Cornbrash of Closworth.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club,‭ ‬1877,‭ ‬p.‭ ‬29.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Hulke‭ ‬-‭ ‬1877.

-‭ ‬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.