Macrospondylus

Macrospondylus is an extinct genus of machimosaurid teleosauroid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Europe. Fossils are known from the Posidonia Shale of Germany, the Whitby Mudstone of the United Kingdom, and the "schistes bitumineux" of Luxembourg.

Macrospondylus
Temporal range: Toarcian
Macrospondylus bollensis, Holzmaden Germany
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Suborder: Thalattosuchia
Superfamily: Teleosauroidea
Family: Machimosauridae
Genus: Macrospondylus
von Meyer, 1831
Species:
M. bollensis
Binomial name
Macrospondylus bollensis
Jäger, 1828
Synonyms
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