#steneosaurus

[antiqueanimals]

"Lower Jurassic marine crocodiles of the species Steneosaurus bollensis warming themselves on the sandy shore. They measured about 14 feet."

Prehistoric Sea Monsters. Written by Dr. Josef Augusta. Illustrated by Zdeněk Burian. 1966.

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[earlypalaeoart]

Watercolour sketch of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Steneosaurus by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, mid 1800s

[earlypalaeoart]

Watercolour sketch of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Steneosaurus by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, mid 1800s

[earthstory]

palaeoart

Check out this partial Steneosaurus skull which was recently acid prepped by Mike’s masterful skills at  @yorkshire.coast.fossils. This is only the very rear of the skull (the section behind the eye sockets) but includes the occipital condyle where the skull would have connected to the backbone as well as the sections that would have housed the massive muscles which connected to the lower jaw giving it all its biting power. Steneosaurus was an 180 million year old crocodyliform (early form of crocodile 🐊) from the Toarcian period of the Jurassic and is a species that can be found occasionally along sections of the Yorkshire coastline near Whitby. This one was found just north of Whitby in a pyritic nodule a few years ago

[dryptosaurus]

Steneosaurus by Zdeněk Burian

[dryptosaurus]

Steneosaurus by Zdeněk Burian