Sericodon
Extinct genus of reptiles
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Family: | †Teleosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Aeolodontinae |
| Genus: | †Sericodon von Meyer, 1845 |
| Species: | †S. jugleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sericodon jugleri von Meyer, 1845 | |
Taxonomy
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]
