Mystriosaurus

Mystriosaurus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Assigned specimen (holotype of the junior synonym Steneosaurus brevior)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Teleosauridae
Genus:	†Mystriosaurus; Kaup, 1834
Species:	†M. laurillardi
Binomial name
	†Mystriosaurus laurillardi; Kaup, 1834
Synonyms
	†"Steneosaurus" brevior Blake, 1876 Engyommasaurus Kaup, 1834;

Mystriosaurus is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian). Fossil specimens have been found in the Whitby Mudstone of England and Posidonia Shale of Germany. The only known species, M. laurillardi, exceeded 4 metres (13 ft) in length.^[1]

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A 2019 phylogenetic analysis found Mystriosaurus to be distinct from Steneosaurus.^[2]

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