Pholidosaurus sp.

Allain, Ronan, Vullo, Romain, Rozada, Lee, Anquetin, Jérémy, Bourgeais, Renaud, Goedert, Jean, Lasseron, Maxime, Martin, Jeremy E., Pérez-García, Adán, Fabrègues, Claire Peyre De, Royo-Torres, Rafael, Augier, Dominique & Bailly, Gilles, 2022, Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J / K boundary, Geodiversitas 44 (25), pp. 683-752 : 706

Pholidosaurus sp.

( Fig. 19 E-J)

DESCRIPTION

The genus Pholidosaurus is attested to at Angeac-Charente by the presence of numerous isolated teeth ( Fig. 19 E-J). These are characteristic being slender, curved and bearing numerous apicobasal ridges that converge near the apex. Identical teeth are known from the Tithonian of Chassiron ( Vullo et al. 2014), and in Pholidosaurus purbeckensis recently described from the nearby locality of Cherves-de-Cognac ( Martin et al. 2016b). A right anterior portion of a dentary (ANG14-2959) displaying an extensive splenial symphysis can also be assigned to Pholidosaurus .

Figures

FIG. 19. — Crocodyliform remains from Angeac-Charente: A, B, tooth of Bernissartiidae indet. (ANG10-268) in lingual/labial (A) and occlusal (B) views;C, tooth of Bernissartiidae indet. (ANG10-76) in lingual/labial view; D, osteoderm of Atoposauridae? (ANG 10-167) in dorsal view; E, F, tooth of Pholidosaurus sp. (ANG11- 960) in labial (E) and mesial/distal (F) views; G, H, tooth of Pholidosaurus sp. (ANG11-883) in labial (G) and mesial/distal (H) views I, J, tooth of Pholidosaurus sp. (ANG10-369) in labial (I) and mesial/distal (J) views. Scale bar represents: A-C, 2 mm; D-J, 8 mm.