GnathostomataTeleosauridae

Macrospondylus bollensis

Macrospondylus bollensis skeletal reconstruction, left lateral view, length ~5.6 m.
Scale bar = 1 meter
Taxon
Macrospondylus bollensis (Jaeger, 1828)
Reconstructed length
~5.6 m (18 feet)
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2017
Clade
  1. Gnathostomata
  2. Tetrapoda
  3. Amniota
  4. Sauropsida
  5. Archosauromorpha
  6. Archosauria
  7. Pseudosuchia
  8. Crocodylomorpha
  9. Teleosauridae

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An Early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph, Macrospondylus was a thalattosuchian from the Toarcian seas of Europe. Long known as “Steneosaurus” bollensis, Macrospondylus had a slender, elongate gharial-like snout lined with sharp teeth for seizing fish, and reached about 5 meters (16 feet) in length.

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