Ieldraan
Ieldraan Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
Family: | †Metriorhynchidae |
Subtribe: | † Geosaurina
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Genus: | †Ieldraan Foffa et al., 2017 |
Species: | †I. melkshamensis
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Binomial name | |
†Ieldraan melkshamensis Foffa et al., 2017
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Ieldraan is an
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
- S2CID 135234906.