Neosteneosaurus

Ne-o-sten-e-o-sor-us.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Neosteneosaurus ‭(‬New Steneosaurus‭).

Phonetic

Ne-o-sten-e-o-sor-us.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Thalattosuchia,‭ ‬Machimosauridae,‭ ‬Machimosaurinae.

Diet

Piscivore/Carnivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬edwardsi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

France‭ ‬-‭ ‬Marnes de Dives.‭ ‬UK‭ ‬-‭ ‬Oxford Clay.

Time Period

Mid Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Neosteneosaurus is a genus of thalattosuchian that lived in the waters of Europe during the mid Jurassic.‭ ‬The establishment of the Neosteneosaurus genus was born out of a major review of the old Steneosaurus genus which for a long time was treated as a wastebasket formed fossils that had a basic superficial likeness to one another.

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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