Sericodon

Sericodon is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany and Switzerland. The genus contains a single species, S. jugleri.[1]

Sericodon Temporal range: Tithonian ~157–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Referred specimens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Teleosauridae
Subfamily:	†Aeolodontinae
Genus:	†Sericodon von Meyer, 1845
Species:	†S. jugleri
Binomial name
†Sericodon jugleri von Meyer, 1845

Taxonomy

Sericodon was named for teeth from Late Jurassic deposits in Hanover, Germany, and Solothurn, Switzerland by Hermann von Meyer in 1845.[1] The genus was later synonymized with Steneosaurus by Steel (1973),[2] but new work suggests it might be a distinct genus after all.[3]

In 2020 the genus was formally revived.[4]

See also

• List of marine reptiles

References

1. Meyer, H, 1845, Note on fossil reptiles: Neües Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaontologie, 1845, p. 308-313.
2. Steel, Rodney (1973): Crocodylia. - In: KUHN, Oskar (ed.): Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, 16: 1-116, figs. 1-33; Stuttgart, Portland-USA (Gustav Fischer Verlag).
3. Foffa D, Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Brusatte SL. 2019. Revision of the Late Jurassic deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 and evidence of pelagic adaptations in Teleosauroidea. PeerJ 7:e6646 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6646
4. Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808.