Pholidosaurus

Pholidosaurus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph. It is the type genus of the family Pholidosauridae. Fossils have been found in northwestern Germany. The genus is known to have existed during the Berriasian-Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Fossil material found from the Annero and Jydegård Formations in Skåne, Sweden and on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, have been referred to as a mesoeucrocodylian, and possibly represent the genus Pholidosaurus.

Pholidosaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Pholidosaurus meyeri skull fossil at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Pholidosauridae
Genus: Pholidosaurus
Meyer, 1841
Species
  • P. meyeri (Dunker, 1844)
  • P. purbeckensis? Salisbury, 2002
  • P. schaumburgensis Meyer, 1841 (type)
Synonyms
  • Macrorhynchus Dunker, 1844
  • Petrosuchus laevidens Owen, 1878 (vide Andrews, 1913)
  • Steneosaurus purbeckensis? Mansel-Pleydell, 1888
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