Ieldraan
Ieldraan is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform in the family Metriorhynchidae from the Jurassic (Callovian) period of England. The sole species in the genus is Ieldraan melkshanensis.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Subtribe: | †Geosaurina |
| Genus: | †Ieldraan Foffa et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †I. melkshanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ieldraan melkshanensis Foffa et al., 2017 | |
References
- Foffa, D.; Young, M.T.; Brusatte, S.L.; Graham, M.R.; Steel, L. (2017). "A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (13): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1367730. S2CID 135234906.
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