Biology:Ieldraan
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Archosauria/Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
| Subtribe: | †Geosaurina |
| Genus: | †Ieldraan Foffa et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †I. melkshamensis
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| †Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al., 2017
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Ieldraan is an extinct genus of marine crocodyliform in the family Metriorhynchidae from the Jurassic (Callovian) period Oxford Clay Formation of England . The sole species in the genus is Ieldraan melkshamensis. Researchers have derived a body length estimate of 2.95 to 3.22 m (9.7 to 10.6 ft) based on a 55–60 cm (1 ft 10 in–2 ft 0 in) long basicranium that was discovered during the 1870s.[1]
References
- ↑ Foffa, D.; Young, M.T.; Brusatte, S.L.; Graham, M.R.; Steel, L. (2017). "A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (13): 1–21. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1367730. https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/41127449/Foffa_et_al._2017.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q45319306 entry
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