Dakosaurus manselii, (HULKE, 1870) WOODWARD, 1885

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 : 859

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x

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scientific name

Dakosaurus manselii
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DAKOSAURUS MANSELII (HULKE, 1870) WOODWARD, 1885

1869 Steneosaurus rostro -minor Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire, 1825 (sensu Hulke)

1870 Steneosaurus manselii sp. nov.; Hulke

1884b Plesiosuchus manselii gen. et comb. nov.; Owen

1885 Dakosaurus manselii comb. nov.; Woodward

Holotype: NHM 40103, incomplete skull and mandible.

Type locality: Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England (lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation).

Etymology: ‘Mansel’s tearing lizard’. Named in honour of its discoverer.

Geological range: Upper Kimmeridgian (austissiodorensis ammonite zone).

Geographical range: Dorset, England.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Crocodylia

Family

Metriorhynchidae

Genus

Dakosaurus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Crocodylia

Family

Teleosauridae

Genus

Steneosaurus

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