Andrianavoay (meaning "noble crocodile" in Malagasy) is an extinct genus of teleosauroid from the Bathonian (in the Middle Jurassic), probably from the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar.[1]
| Andrianavoay Temporal range: Bathonian
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| Holotype (NHMUK PV R 1999) of A. baroni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Machimosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Machimosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Andrianavoay Johnson et al., 2020 |
| Species: | †A. baroni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Andrianavoay baroni (Newton, 1893)
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The type species, A. baroni, was originally named "Steneosaurus" baroni by ET Newton in 1893 on the basis of a partial skull listed as "NHMUK PV R 1999",[2] and an associated osteoderm from Andranosamonta, Madagascar.[2] In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen (ex dissertatione) Andrianavoay for S. baroni.[3] The genus name was published in 2020.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b 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. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.
- ^ a b Newton R. 1893. On the discovery of a secondary reptile in Madagascar: Steneosaurus baroni ; (n sp.). with a reference to some post-Tertiary vertebrate remains from the same country recently acquired by the British Museum (Natural History). Geological Magazine 10: 193-198
- ^ Johnson, M. M. (2019). "The taxonomy, systematics and ecomorphological diversity of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), and the evaluation of the genus 'Steneosaurus'". Archives of the University of Edinburgh.