Andrianavoay

Andrianavoay Temporal range: Bathonian ~168–166 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype (NHMUK PV R 1999) of A. baroni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Clade:	Crocodyliformes
Suborder:	†Thalattosuchia
Family:	†Machimosauridae
Subfamily:	†Machimosaurinae
Genus:	†Andrianavoay Johnson et al., 2020
Species:	†A. baroni
Binomial name
†Andrianavoay baroni (Newton, 1893)

Andrianavoay (meaning "noble crocodile" in Malagasy) is an extinct genus of teleosauroid from the Bathonian (in the Middle Jurassic), probably from the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar.^[1]

The type species, A. baroni, was originally named "Steneosaurus" baroni by ET Newton in 1893 on the basis of a partial skull listed as "NHMUK PV R 1999",^[2] and an associated osteoderm from Andranosamonta, Madagascar.^[2] In her unpublished 2019 thesis, Michela Johnson coined the nomen (ex dissertatione) Andrianavoay for S. baroni.^[3] The genus name was published in 2020.^[1]

References

1. Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.
2. Newton R. 1893. On the discovery of a secondary reptile in Madagascar: Steneosaurus baroni ; (n sp.). with a reference to some post-Tertiary vertebrate remains from the same country recently acquired by the British Museum (Natural History). Geological Magazine 10: 193-198
3. Johnson, M. M. (2019). "The taxonomy, systematics and ecomorphological diversity of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), and the evaluation of the genus 'Steneosaurus'". Archives of the University of Edinburgh.