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Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland

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Metriorhynchids are marine crocodylomorphs found across Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of Europe and Central and South America. Despite being one of the oldest fossil families named in paleontology, the phylogenetic relationships within Metriorhynchidae have been subject to many revisions over the past 15 years. Herein, we describe a new metriorhynchid from the Kimmeridgian of Porrentruy, Switzerland. The material consists of a relatively complete, disarticulated skeleton preserving pieces of the skull, including the frontal, prefrontals, right postorbital, nasals, maxillae, right premaxillae and nearly the entire mandible, and many remains of the axial and appendicular skeleton such as cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae, ribs, the left ischium, the right femur, and the right fibula. This new specimen is referred to the new species Torvoneustes jurensis sp. nov. as part of the large-bodied macrophagous tribe Geosaurini. Torvoneustes jurensis presents a unique combination of cranial and dental characters including a smooth cranium, a unique frontal shape, acute ziphodont teeth, an enamel ornamentation made of numerous apicobasal ridges shifting to small ridges forming an anastomosed pattern toward the apex of the crown and an enamel ornamentation touching the carina. The description of this new species allows to take a new look at the currently proposed evolutionary trends within the genus Torvoneustes and provides new information on the evolution of this clade.
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Léa C Girard, Sophie de Sousa Oliveira, Irena Raselli, Jeremy E Martin, Jérémy Anquetin. Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Switzerland. PeerJ, 2023, 11, pp.e15512. ⟨10.7717/peerj.15512⟩. ⟨hal-04189977⟩
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