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Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sericodon is an extinct genus of teleosaurid crocodyliform from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany and Switzerland. The genus contains a single species, S. jugleri.[1] Sericodon was placed in 'Clade T' (Aeolodontinae) and was found to be the sister taxon to Bathysuchus,[2] another teleosaurid.
Sericodon Temporal range: Tithonian ~ | |
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Referred specimens SMF R 4318 (A) and LMH 16646 (B) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
Family: | †Teleosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Aeolodontinae |
Genus: | †Sericodon von Meyer, 1845 |
Species: | †S. jugleri |
Binomial name | |
†Sericodon jugleri von Meyer, 1845 | |
Sericodon was named for teeth from Late Jurassic deposits in Hanover, Germany, and Solothurn, Switzerland (Reuchenette Formation) by Hermann von Meyer in 1845.[1] The genus was later synonymized with Steneosaurus by Steel (1973),[3] but new work suggests it might be a distinct genus after all.[4]
In 2020 the genus was formally revived.[5]
This simplified cladogram by Johnson et al. (2020) shows the updated location of Sericodon within Teleosauridae and Aeolodontinae:[5]
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